Espresso machines · 8 differences · 6 published for only one

Core 600 1 Group vs IO 1 Group

Astoria and Wega, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.

60 cm Astoria Core 600 1 Group espresso machine Wega IO 1 Group espresso machine
Core 600 1 Group 580 × 580 × 557 mm IO 1 Group 390 × 525 × 511 mm

Images: Astoria (CMA), Wega, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images

Specification

FieldCore 600 1 GroupIO 1 Group
Width 580mm 390mm
Depth 580mm 525mm
Height 557mm 511mm
Weight 62.5kg 38kg
Cup clearance not published 122mm
Boiler volume 6L 2.5L
Groups 1 1
Water source not published Both
Steam wand Commercial Commercial
Hot-water tap not published Yes
Milk system Manual wand Manual wand
Voltage 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V 120 / 230 / 240V
Power 3,300W 2,700W
Heating element 3.3kW 2.7kW
Phase Single or three not published
Type Automatic Automatic
Display Touchscreen not published
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.