@Jeffro - Don't use Elastic in the same sentence as the other ones. Genesis is not a framework (as far as I can tell). Elastic is a real framework. IThemes don't call their Builder theme a theme framework. They call it a theme.
The whole framework naming is just a way for theme makers to make their themes with options look "cool" and "hardcore". Instead of calling them by their real name. Themes with options.
Don't give creators any publicity by referring to plain old themes with options as theme frameworks.

Devs don't like the whole definition of "theme framework" that is starting to take root.

A question to see if its really a theme framework.
If you activate it does the site get an new default design?
Yes? Then its a just theme perhaps with options but a good old theme none the less.