Very often the #nRF9160 is paired with a BLE chip, like the #nRF52840, which is
also powerful.

In this blog post, my colleague Anders Storrø explains how to offload BLE tasks
to the 52 and only notify the 91 if something relevant has happened.

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/cellular-iot-guides/b/software-and-protocols/posts/nrf9160dk-offloading-bluetooth-related-tasks-to-nrf52
#iot