In brief: how we read the data
Based on spec sheets, not on measurements of our own.
For buttons and a dial
De'Longhi Magnifica S ECAM 22.110.B
Physical controls, two coffee recipes plus hot water and a steam wand, in the mid-range bracket. The smallest footprint of the three: 24 × 35 × 43 cm.
- Milk system
- Steam wand
- Water tank
- 1.8 l
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 2
- Width
- 24 cm
Price at Amazon:£299.99Including VAT; delivery may be extra. The price is checked once a day and may have changed since. The price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£349.99
For a touch panel, same capacities
De'Longhi Magnifica Start ECAM 222.20.B
A touch-sensitive panel, a thermoblock stated by De'Longhi and three coffee drinks on the UK model. Same tank and hopper as the S, at the top of the mid-range bracket.
- Milk system
- Steam wand
- Water tank
- 1.8 l
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 4
- Width
- 24 cm
Price at Amazon:£364.49Including VAT; delivery may be extra. The price is checked once a day and may have changed since. The price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£319.99
For automatic milk drinks
De'Longhi Magnifica Evo ECAM 290.83.TB
A LatteCrema Hot milk carafe, colour icons and seven one-touch drinks by De'Longhi's count, one price bracket higher.
- Milk system
- Milk carafe
- Water tank
- 1.8 l
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 7
- Width
- 24 cm
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£579.99Price stated by the manufacturer, excluding promotions. The retailer’s current price may differ.
The models compared on the data
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| Model | Offer | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 De'Longhi Magnifica S ECAM 22.110.B | Steam wand | 2 | not stated | Yes | 14 cm | 8.9 kg | 24 × 35 × 43 cm | Mid-range | £299.99 | £349.99 | Check price on Amazon |
 De'Longhi Magnifica Start ECAM 222.20.B | Steam wand | 4 | Thermoblock | Yes | 14 cm | 8.8 kg | 24 × 35 × 44 cm | Mid-range | £364.49 | £319.99 | Check price on Amazon |
 De'Longhi Magnifica Evo ECAM 290.83.TB | Milk carafe | 7 | Thermoblock | Yes | 14 cm | 9.6 kg | 24 × 36 × 44 cm | Upper mid-range | not stated | £579.99 | Check price on Amazon |
No model matches this selection.
Sources: manufacturer spec sheets and product pages. “not stated” means not stated by the manufacturer or not yet verified by us. Prices at Amazon: as of 10 Nov 2026, 10:31, checked once a day. They may have changed since; the price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase applies. Price stated by the manufacturer, excluding promotions. The retailer’s current price may differ. Photos: the respective manufacturers. Offer: Paid link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
The short answer
- If you like a machine you operate with buttons and a dial, the Magnifica S is the long-standing model: two coffee recipes plus hot water, steam wand, mid-range bracket.
- If you want the current entry model, the Magnifica Start has the same capacities behind a touch-sensitive panel, and a thermoblock stated on its product page.
- If milk drinks are the point, the Magnifica Evo adds a milk carafe and one-touch cappuccino, one bracket up. The step is examined in Magnifica S vs Magnifica Evo.
This page covers De’Longhi’s bean-to-cup machines. For its portafilter machines and its grinder, skip to the last section.
What the three Magnificas share
According to De’Longhi’s product pages and manuals:
| Shared feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Water tank | 1.8 l |
| Bean hopper | 250 g |
| Pump pressure | 15 bar |
| Power | 1,450 W |
| Maximum cup height | 14 cm |
| Width | 24 cm |
| Removable brew group | Yes, on all three |
So the three machines hold the same amount of water and beans and take the same width on the worktop. A dearer Magnifica is not a bigger one.
What changes from one model to the next
Controls
The Magnifica S has physical buttons and a dial. The Magnifica Start has a touch-sensitive panel; it is a panel of touch keys, not a graphical screen. The Magnifica Evo has a panel of colour icons.
Milk
The Magnifica S and the Magnifica Start in our database have a steam wand: the machine makes the coffee and you froth the milk in a jug. The Magnifica Evo has De’Longhi’s LatteCrema Hot carafe, which dispenses milk drinks automatically. De’Longhi describes the carafe as dishwasher-safe and presents its MyLatte function as a way to avoid wasting milk. For the Magnifica S, by contrast, the manual says no component can go in a dishwasher.
The carafe’s capacity is not given in the sources we read. The milk systems comparison sets the carafe against Philips’s LatteGo and the hose systems.
Recipes: read the count with care
De’Longhi counts steam or hot water among its one-touch recipes. The Magnifica Start’s 4 therefore amount to three coffee drinks and steam. The Magnifica Evo’s 7 are De’Longhi’s count for the carafe version, milk drinks included.
Heating system
A thermoblock is stated on the product pages of the Magnifica Start and the Magnifica Evo. The page of the Magnifica S does not specify the heating system, so its cell reads “not stated”.
Size and weight
All three are 24 cm wide. The Magnifica S is 43 cm deep, the other two 44 cm; the Evo is the tallest at 36 cm. By the manuals, weights run from 8.8 kg for the Start to 9.6 kg for the Evo.
A caution on those figures. For all three machines De’Longhi’s website shows a heavier weight than its manual, without explaining the gap, and for the Magnifica S the website also gives a body 1 cm narrower and 1 cm lower. Our database follows the manuals. For a small kitchen, see the compact comparison, where the Magnifica S has the smallest footprint of nine machines.
Mind the model code
Each Magnifica name covers several codes, and the milk system or the recipes can change with the code.
- Magnifica S: our row is the ECAM 22.110.B, listed on De’Longhi’s UK site.
- Magnifica Start: our row is the ECAM 222.20.B. De’Longhi’s UK site also lists the ECAM 220.22.GB and the ECAM 220.60.B; we have not read their pages.
- Magnifica Evo: our row is the ECAM 290.83.TB, with a carafe and seven one-touch drinks. De’Longhi’s UK site also lists the ECAM 290.61.SB, a carafe model with five drinks, and the ECAM 292.81.B. The Evo exists with a manual frother as well, under the code ECAM 290.21.B.
- Magnifica Evo Next (ECAM 310): a different machine, not covered here.
Before you buy, compare the code on the listing with the code in our table.
The three models, one by one
Mid-range, buttons and dial
De'Longhi Magnifica S ECAM 22.110.B
The simplest Magnifica and the smallest. Nothing is automated on the milk side, and the spec sheet is the thinnest of the three: no heating system, no grinder data. Its natural rival is the Philips 2200, with which it is compared in Magnifica S vs Philips 2200.
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 2
- Milk system
- Steam wand
- Maximum cup height
- 14 cm
- Weight
- 8.9 kg
- Width
- 24 cm
Price at Amazon:£299.99Including VAT; delivery may be extra. The price is checked once a day and may have changed since. The price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£349.99
Mid-range, touch panel
De'Longhi Magnifica Start ECAM 222.20.B
The same capacities as the S in a more recent design, and the lightest of the three by the manuals. Its price places it at the top of the mid-range bracket, close to the next one.
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 4
- Milk system
- Steam wand
- Heating system
- Thermoblock
- Weight
- 8.8 kg
- Width
- 24 cm
Price at Amazon:£364.49Including VAT; delivery may be extra. The price is checked once a day and may have changed since. The price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£319.99
Upper mid-range, milk carafe
De'Longhi Magnifica Evo ECAM 290.83.TB
The Magnifica for cappuccino and latte drinkers. It costs a bracket more than the other two for the same tank and hopper: what you pay for is the carafe and the one-touch milk recipes.
- Drinks advertised by the manufacturer
- 7
- Milk system
- Milk carafe
- Heating system
- Thermoblock
- Weight
- 9.6 kg
- Width
- 24 cm
Regular price on the manufacturer’s website:£579.99Price stated by the manufacturer, excluding promotions. The retailer’s current price may differ.
Magnifica or Philips?
The closest Philips equivalents are the 2200 for the Magnifica S and Start, and the 3300 LatteGo for the Magnifica Evo. Two differences show in the data. Philips publishes 12 grind settings and a ceramic grinder where De’Longhi publishes nothing on the grinder. And De’Longhi states a maximum cup height, 14 cm, where our Philips data has none. The Philips range is compared on its own page, and all nine machines meet in the full bean-to-cup comparison.
De’Longhi beyond bean-to-cup
“De’Longhi coffee machine” also means the brand’s portafilter espresso machines. Four are in our UK database:
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| Model | Offer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 De'Longhi Stilosa Manual espresso maker EC230.BK / EC260 | not stated | Steam wand | 1 l | 21 cm | Entry level | £89.00 | £105.99 | Check price on Amazon |
 De'Longhi Pump Espresso Coffee Machine Dedica EC685.M | Thermoblock | Steam wand | 1.1 l | 14.9 cm | Entry level | £149.00 | £229.99 | Check price on Amazon |
 De'Longhi Dedica Duo manual coffee maker EC890.M | Thermoblock | Steam wand | 1.1 l | 14.9 cm | Mid-range | not stated | £279.99 | Check price on Amazon |
 De'Longhi La Specialista Arte Manual espresso maker EC9155.MB | Thermoblock | Steam wand | 1.7 l | 28.5 cm | Mid-range | £349.00 | £529.99 | Check price on Amazon |
No model matches this selection.
Sources: manufacturer spec sheets and product pages. “not stated” means not stated by the manufacturer or not yet verified by us. Prices at Amazon: as of 10 Nov 2026, 10:31, checked once a day. They may have changed since; the price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase applies. Price stated by the manufacturer, excluding promotions. The retailer’s current price may differ. Photos: the respective manufacturers. Offer: Paid link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
The Dedica EC685 is the narrow one, the Stilosa the simplest, the Dedica Duo adds cold brew, and La Specialista Arte has a built-in grinder. They are set against Sage, Krups and Ninja in the espresso machine comparison. De’Longhi’s KG79 burr grinder appears in the grinder comparison.
What De’Longhi leaves out
This page rests on De’Longhi’s product pages and manuals. We have not used or measured any Magnifica; our own measurements will be added as we buy machines, and labelled as such.
The gaps are specific to this brand: no number of grind settings, no burr material, no noise level, and website weights that disagree with the manuals. Upkeep is the same for all three; the descaling guide and the cleaning guide summarise what De’Longhi’s manuals ask for.
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Which De'Longhi bean-to-cup machine should I buy?
Start from the milk. If you drink espresso and black coffee, or froth milk only now and then, the Magnifica S and the Magnifica Start both have a steam wand and sit in the mid-range bracket; choose between them on controls, buttons and a dial or a touch panel. If you want cappuccino and latte macchiato at the press of a button, the Magnifica Evo with its milk carafe is the one, a bracket higher.
What is the difference between the Magnifica S and the Magnifica Start?
Mainly the controls and the recipes. The Magnifica S has physical buttons and a dial, with two coffee recipes plus hot water. The Magnifica Start has a touch-sensitive panel and, on the UK model ECAM 222.20.B, espresso, coffee, long and steam. De'Longhi states a thermoblock for the Start and does not specify the heating system of the S. Tank, hopper, pump pressure and width are identical.
What is the difference between the Magnifica S and the Magnifica Evo?
The milk system and the interface. The Magnifica S has a steam wand and physical controls. The Magnifica Evo in our database has a LatteCrema Hot milk carafe, colour icons and seven one-touch drinks by De'Longhi's count. The Evo is 1 cm taller and 1 cm deeper, weighs 9.6 kg against 8.9 kg according to the manuals, and sits one price bracket higher.
Is the Magnifica Evo Next the same machine as the Magnifica Evo?
No. The Magnifica Evo Next carries the code ECAM 310 and is a distinct model. It is not in our database, so nothing on this page applies to it. Check the code on the listing: the Magnifica Evo described here is the ECAM 290.83.TB.
How many grind settings does a De'Longhi Magnifica have?
De'Longhi does not publish the number of grind settings, or the burr material, in the product pages and manuals we read for the Magnifica S, Start and Evo. The table therefore has no grinder column for these machines. That is a gap in the data, not a judgement on the grinder.