These are two De’Longhi bean to cup machines with a milk carafe, and on 21 September 2026 the cheapest UK listing for each was £243 apart. The decision is whether a wider drinks menu, a hopper you can swap and a 3.5 inch display are worth a smaller water tank and a taller machine.
The figures below belong to two variants: the Magnifica Evo, Silver Black ECAM290.61.SB and the Rivelia LatteCrema, Onyx Black EXAM440.55.B. Other colours and spec levels in both ranges carry different numbers.
Where they differ
| Magnifica Evo ECAM290.61.SB | Rivelia EXAM440.55.B | |
|---|---|---|
| Width x depth x height | 240 x 440 x 360 mm | 245 x 430 x 385 mm |
| Weight | 9.6 kg | 9.7 kg |
| Water tank | 1.8 L | 1.4 L |
| Pump pressure | 15 bar | 19 bar |
| Grounds container | Not published as a servings figure | 10 servings |
| One-touch drinks published | 5 | 16 |
| Display | Colour touch icons on the panel | 3.5 inch colour touch display |
| User profiles | Not published | Up to 4 |
| Stand-by after | 30 minutes | Not published |
| UK price range, 21 September 2026 | £349.00 to £443.99 | £592.00 to £749.99 |
The size row needs a note. De’Longhi prints the Rivelia as 245 x 430 x 385 mm on its UK product page, while the generic technical data table inside the Rivelia instruction manual gives 250 x 430 x 390 mm for the range. Measure your gap against the larger pair.
Both hold 250 g of beans, draw 1450 W, fill from a tank you lift out, and leave 140 mm of clearance under the spouts. Both take the DLSC002 water filter, listed on the support pages for the Magnifica Evo and the Rivelia, and both are descaled with De’Longhi’s own descaler. The gaps match too: for neither machine does De’Longhi publish a burr type, a burr material, a count of grind settings, a warm-up time or a noise figure, and neither UK page states a warranty in years.
Counter space and refilling
Height is where the two part company on a worktop. The Rivelia stands 385 mm to the Magnifica Evo’s 360 mm, so 25 mm more headroom under a wall cupboard, and the manual’s figure would make it 30 mm. The Magnifica Evo is the deeper at 440 mm against 430 mm. Widths are within 5 mm.
The tank is the surprise. The cheaper machine carries more water: 1.8 L against 1.4 L. The Rivelia’s tank is 78 percent of the Magnifica Evo’s, so the same run of drinks sends you to the sink more often on the dearer machine. Bean capacity is level at 250 g, and only the Rivelia publishes a grounds container figure, at 10 servings, so there is nothing to compare that against.
The milk carafe, and how it gets cleaned
Both use a De’Longhi carafe rather than a steam wand, and both manuals treat it as a daily job. De’Longhi’s UK page for the Magnifica Evo lists “a one-touch automatic cleaning function and dishwasher safe milk carafe”, and its MyLatte routine uses all the milk you pour in, so “no milk needs to be stored in the fridge”.
The Magnifica Evo manual is specific about the washing up. There is a routine for “Cleaning the milk carafe after each use” and a periodic “Thorough cleaning of milk carafe”, and the dishwasher load is “the lid in the top basket of the dishwasher in upright position and the small parts (froth dial, milk delivery spout, intake tube and connector) in the cutlery basket”, on a 50 °C standard eco programme. Five pieces on a named cycle, not one lift-and-load.
The Rivelia manual is blunter: “For best results, wash the milk carafe in a dishwasher.” Same two-stage pattern, same expectation that the carafe comes apart after milk drinks.
The Magnifica Evo manual also dates the jobs people forget: look inside “about once a month” with the drip tray out, and clean the removable brewing unit “at least once a month” with the machine off and the tank removed.
Drinks menu, display and the bean switch
This is what the extra money buys. De’Longhi gives the Magnifica Evo a “smart control panel with colour touch icons, including 5 one-touch drinks”. The Rivelia’s page describes “easily selecting from 16 pre-programmed drinks” on a 3.5 inch colour display, with “up to 4 user profiles” behind it.
The Rivelia also has the bean switch system. Its hopper twists off: the manual tells you to “twist the bean hopper to the unlocked position”, and the display then walks through the switch so the machine knows a different blend is loaded. De’Longhi lists bean adapt technology on the Rivelia too, which it says “intelligently adjusts settings like grind, dose and temperature”. Neither is on the Magnifica Evo’s page.
Upkeep intervals
Filter life is the one number both manuals give, and it is the same on each. The Magnifica Evo’s says the filter should be replaced “after two months (see date indicator), or after 3 weeks if the appliance has not been used”. The Rivelia’s says the filter “lasts approximately two months under normal use conditions” and “no more than three weeks” if the machine sits idle with it fitted. Call it six filters a year either way.
Descaling has no published interval on either. Both raise the descale warning against the water hardness you enter at setup, so a hard-water postcode sees it sooner. Your own manual wins if it says otherwise.
Which one
Choose the Magnifica Evo if the machine goes under a wall cupboard, if you refill the tank grudgingly, or if five one-touch drinks covers what your household actually orders. It is the shorter machine, carries 0.4 L more water, and starts £243 below the Rivelia.
Choose the Rivelia if you switch between bean blends, if more than one person wants their own settings, or if the 16-drink menu and the 3.5 inch display are worth refilling a 1.4 L tank. You are paying for the interface and the hopper, not for a bigger machine.
