The product link says "ARM7", not "ARMv7", and that is a big difference. Mediatek has been using ARMv5 based ARM7E core a while, so I would guess this one is similar.
It looks like there's a disconnect between MediaTek's marketing and engineering teams. The descriptions at each of the linked MT pages (one a press release and the other the actual product page) *say* ARMv7 in their text, but the table on the product page says ARM7.
Since no performance metrics are given it is really hard to guess which they actually mean. Based on the clock speeds I'd guess they actually mean ARM7 since a lot of the older designs don't clock very high, but they could theoretically be running an ARMv7 core of some sort at really low clock speeds as well... There just isn't enough definitive information in those two source documents.
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arnd - Thursday, November 30, 2017 - link
The product link says "ARM7", not "ARMv7", and that is a big difference. Mediatek has been using ARMv5 based ARM7E core a while, so I would guess this one is similar.MrCommunistGen - Thursday, November 30, 2017 - link
It looks like there's a disconnect between MediaTek's marketing and engineering teams. The descriptions at each of the linked MT pages (one a press release and the other the actual product page) *say* ARMv7 in their text, but the table on the product page says ARM7.Since no performance metrics are given it is really hard to guess which they actually mean. Based on the clock speeds I'd guess they actually mean ARM7 since a lot of the older designs don't clock very high, but they could theoretically be running an ARMv7 core of some sort at really low clock speeds as well... There just isn't enough definitive information in those two source documents.
Ian Cutress - Friday, December 1, 2017 - link
Mediatek got in touch with us and said there was a mistake in the materials. We're getting clarifications and will update.