Comparison between SARA R412M and SARA R422M8S

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Comparison between SARA R412M and SARA R422M8S
Boot & Work Corp. S.L, DAVID CORONADO TRAVASET

Technical specifications of R412M and R422M82

The SARA-R412M and SARA-R422 cellular communication modules are products of the u-blox company, which offer solutions for IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity. Although both modules are designed for IoT applications, there are some technical and functional differences between them.

The SARA modules we will compare will be the following:

SARA-R412M-02B LTE Cat M1 / NB1 and 2G module
Mainly designed for operation in LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 28 and 2G 4-band

SARA-R422M8S LTE Cat M1 / NB2 and 2G module with UBX-M8 GNSS inside
Designed for operation in LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66, 85 and 2G 4-band

SARA-R412M modules simplified block diagram

SARA-R412M-modules-simplified-block-diagramS

SARA-R422-01B module simplified block diagram

SARA-R422-01B-module-simplified-block-diagram


SARA-R412M-02B

SARA-R422M8S-00B

Region

Multi region

Multi region

3GPP release baseline

13

14

RAT (Radio Access Technology)

LTE Cat M1
LTE Cat NB1
2G GPRS / EGPRS

LTE Cat M1
LTE Cat NB2
2G GPRS / EGPRS

LTE FDD bands

Band 2 (1900 MHz)
Band 3 (1800 MHz)
Band 4 (1700 MHz)
Band 5 (850 MHz)
Band 8 (900 MHz)
Band 12 (700 MHz)
Band 13 (750 MHz)
Band 20 (800 MHz)
Band 26 (850 MHz) *
Band 28 (700 MHz) *

Band 1 (2100 MHz)
Band 2 (1900 MHz)
Band 3 (1800 MHz)
Band 4 (1700 MHz)
Band 5 (850 MHz)
Band 8 (900 MHz)
Band 12 (700 MHz)
Band 13 (750 MHz)
Band 20 (800 MHz)
Band 25 (1900 MHz)
Band 26 (850 MHz)
Band 28 (700 MHz)
Band 66 (1700 MHz)
Band 85 (700 MHz)

2G bands

GSM 850 MHz
E-GSM 900 MHz
DCS 1800 MHz
PCS 1900 MHz

GSM 850 MHz
E-GSM 900 MHz
DCS 1800 MHz
PCS 1900 MHz

Power class

LTE category M1 / NB1:
Class 3 (23 dBm)

2G GMSK:
Class 4 (33 dBm) in 850/900,
Class 1 (30 dBm) in 1800/1900

2G 8-PSK:
Class E2 (27 dBm) in 850/900,
Class E2 (26 dBm) in 1800/1900

LTE category M1 / NB2: 
Class 3 (23 dBm)

2G GMSK:
Class 4 (33 dBm) in 850/900,
Class 1 (30 dBm) in 1800/1900

2G 8-PSK:
Class E2 (27 dBm) in 850/900,
Class E2 (26 dBm) in 1800/1900

GNSS receiver


u-blox M8030 SPG 3.01 supporting concurrent reception of up to 3 GNSS (GPS/Galileo + GLONASS or BeiDou)

Integrated GNSS receiver



External GNSS control via modem



AssistNow software



CellLocate®



UART



USB


✅**

SPI



SDIO



DDC (I2C)



GPIOs



MQTT Anywhere



Secure boot, updates, and production



Ultra-low power consumption in PSM



Embedded TCP/UDP stack



Embedded HTTPS, FTPS, TLS



DTLS



FW update via serial



u-blox Firmware update Over the Air (uFOTA)



LwM2M device management



MQTT



Last gasp



Jamming detection



Antenna dynamic tuning



Antenna and SIM detection



Grade

Professional

Professional

*: Not supported by the SARA-R412M-02B-00 product version.
**: Supported for FW update and diagnostic only

The SARA-R412M is more geared towards applications that prioritize power saving, having a lower data rate, but still providing advanced connectivity functionality.


The SARA-R422 is best suited for applications that require a high level of security and medium speed data support.


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Comparison between SARA R412M and SARA R422M8S
Boot & Work Corp. S.L, DAVID CORONADO TRAVASET 19 de junio de 2026
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