Espresso machines · 9 differences · 6 published for only one
Core 600 1 Group vs Appia Viva XT 2 Group
Astoria and Nuova Simonelli, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Images: Astoria (CMA), Nuova Simonelli, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Core 600 1 Group | Appia Viva XT 2 Group |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 580mm | 804mm |
| Depth | 580mm | 544mm |
| Height | 557mm | 500mm |
| Weight | 62.5kg | 54kg |
| Boiler volume | 6L | 11L |
| PID temperature control | not published | Yes |
| Pressure profiling | not published | Preinfusion |
| Pre-infusion | not published | Yes |
| Groups | 1 | 2 |
| Steam wand | Commercial | Cool-touch |
| Milk system | Manual wand | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V | not published |
| Power | 3,300W | 3,350W |
| Heating element | 3.3kW | 3.35kW |
| Phase | Single or three | not published |
| Type | Automatic | Automatic |
| Display | Touchscreen | Touchscreen |
| Built-in grinder | No | No |
| Colours | Steel, White, Red | not published |
A lit cell is the better value only where nobody would argue (more capacity, less retention, a lower list price, a feature present) and only when both makers publish the figure. "Not published" is never counted as a loss.