Life was easier about a year ago with only one or two NB-IoT Modules available from various manufacturers. Today there are over a dozen different manufacturers making multiple NB-IoT Modules each. While it is nice to have options to choose and pick from, it also presents a challenge for any developer or development company.
We have spent many days collecting all the data we could on the power consumption details of NB-IoT modules for our internal decision making, and recommendations to clients. Sharing the details here, so it makes the life easy for fellow developers and designers (it also servers as a quick reference for our team too – but really, we are doing this for all mankind).
We will try and keep this updated as far as possible, and as the NB-IoT space evolves. Look forward to inputs from fellow engineers to make this as comprehensive a resource as possible for quick NB-IoT Modules power consumption comparison. Eventually we would like to make this a reference for finding the lowest power NB-IoT Modules quickly and easily.
NB-IoT Modules Power Consumption Data
| S.No | Manufacturer | Part Number | Datasheet | Sleep (uA) | Idle (mA) | Tx (mA) | Rx (mA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digi | Digi XBee3 | Datasheet /Hardware Guide | 2 | N/A | Avg-255 | Avg-81 |
| 2 | Neoway | N20-AP | Datasheet | 7.7 | 2 | 170 | N/A |
| 3 | Pycom | G01 OEM | Datasheet | N/A | 37 | 285 | N/A |
| 4 | Quectel | Quectel BC66 | Datasheet | 3.5 | 0.43 | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | Quectel | Quectel BC68 | Datasheet | 3 | 2 | 70-250 | 60 |
| 6 | Quectel | Quectel BC95 | Datasheet /Hardware Guide | 3.6 | 2 | 70-250 | 65 |
| 7 | Quectel | Quectel BC95-G | Datasheet | 3 | 2 | 70-250 | 60 |
| 8 | Quectel | Quectel BG96 | Datasheet | 10 | 16 | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | Ruijie | RG-NB6118 | Datasheet | 5 | 6.5 | 248 | 75 |
| 10 | Ruijie | RG-NB6210 | Datasheet | 7-8 | Avg-3.48 | N/A | Avg-169.9 |
| 11 | Simcom | SIM7020 | Hardware Guide | 5 | 5.6 | 134 | N/A |
| 12 | Simcom | SIM7000E-N | N/A | 9 | 11.4 | 161 | N/A |
| 13 | Telit | NL865B1 | Datasheet /Hardware Guide | 4.6 | 5.3 | 195 | N/A |
| 14 | Telit | ML865C1 | Datasheet | N/A | 12 | 190 | N/A |
| 15 | U Blox | SARA-N2 series | Datasheet | 3 | 6 | 220 | 46 |
| 16 | U Blox | SARA-R4/N4 series | Datasheet | 8 | 9 | 140 | N/A |
Our aim at Ensemble Tech, is to work in the best interest of the project and the product. We have tried to make this a completely unbiased NB-IoT Modules comparison, any signs of bias are probably because of the features of the module itself!!
SIM7000E-N (Hardware Guide) in sleep (when for sleep we consider PSM, how you have done for other modules) 9uA
SIM7020 (Hardware Guide) in sleep (PSM) 5uA
Thanks Giorgio for helping improve the accuracy of the data.
You have data for Sierra’s NB-IoT modules? Can you add?
That is on our to-do list. Official data from Sierra is not publicly available, we will add them when available.
Do you have CEVA Dragonfly NB1 or NB2 data? Thanks for the table.
Not currently, but we will include them in our next update. Thanks!
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