cores for host

Hi I have been meaning to ask for a while, I have a server with 2 x Xeon E5-2650 CPU each with 8 Cores, Total 16 Cores. When I look in the Proxmox VE Web pane. It shows a total of 32 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2650 @ 2.00GHz (2 Sockets). question! When I'm setting up my VM's do I use the actual sockets...