| description | Learn more about: Parallel Programming in Visual C++ |
|---|---|
| title | Parallel Programming in Visual C++ |
| ms.date | 03/24/2026 |
| ms.topic | overview |
| ms.custom | intro-overview |
Visual C++ provides the following technologies to help you create multi-threaded and parallel programs that take advantage of multiple cores and use the GPU for general purpose programming.
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| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization | Compiler optimizations that speed up code. |
| Concurrency Runtime | Classes that simplify the writing of programs that use data parallelism or task parallelism. |
| Multithreading Support for Older Code (Visual C++) | Older technologies that may be useful in older applications. For new apps, use the Concurrency Runtime or C++ AMP. |
| OpenMP | The Microsoft implementation of the OpenMP API. |
| C++ in Visual Studio | This section of the documentation contains information about most of the features of Visual C++. |
| C++ AMP (C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism) | Classes that enable the use of modern graphics processors for general purpose programming. |
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| Title | Description |
| ----------- | ----------------- |
| Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization | Compiler optimizations that speed up code. |
| Concurrency Runtime | Classes that simplify the writing of programs that use data parallelism or task parallelism. |
| Multithreading Support for Older Code (Visual C++) | Older technologies that may be useful in older applications. For new apps, use the Concurrency Runtime. |
| OpenMP | The Microsoft implementation of the OpenMP API. |
| C++ in Visual Studio | This section of the documentation contains information about most of the features of Visual C++. |
| :::moniker-end |