Vector sensors are super gain devices that can provide ‘‘array gain’’ against ocean noise with a point sensor. As supergain devices they have increased sensitivity to nonacoustic noise components. This paper reviews and summarizes the processing gain that is achievable in various noise fields. Comparisons are made with an omni-directional sensor and with the correlation of a pair of closely spaced omni-directional sensors. Total processing gain that consists of both spatial and temporal gain is considered so that a proper analysis and interpretation of multiplicative processing can be made. The performance of ‘‘intensity sensors’’ (pressure times velocity) that are obtained by multiplying the omnidirectional component with a co-located dipole is also considered. A misinterpretation, that is common in the literature, concerning the performance of intensity sensors is discussed. The adaptive cardioid processing of vector sensors is also reviewed.