From the Wikipedia article:<p>&gt; Broadcom BCM2836 (quad-core A7 + VideoCore IV GPU), designed specifically for Raspberry Pi 2[7]<p>No, it says <i>BCM2836</i> was designed specifically for Raspberry Pi 2. Cortex A7 is a pretty old design, probably that way RPi 2 costs could be kept low.<p>Edit:<p>Here&#x27;s Anandtech 2011 article about Cortex A7:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anandtech.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;4991&#x2F;arms-cortex-a7-bringing-cheaper-dualcore-more-power-efficient-highend-devices" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anandtech.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;4991&#x2F;arms-cortex-a7-bringing-c...</a><p>Wikipedia&#x27;s Cortex series DMIPS&#x2F;MHz table. It says Cortex A7 (1.9 DMIPS&#x2F;MHz) is roughly as fast per clock as Cortex A8 (2.0 DMIPS&#x2F;MHz) released in <i>2003</i>:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Comparison_of_ARMv7-A_cores" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Comparison_of_ARMv7-A_cores</a>