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Particle-1 vs GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 78 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

Particle AIParticle-1 $0.050 in · $0.50 out
Z.aiGLM-5.3 FlashX Legal $0.37 in · $1.25 out
Particle-1 wins 5412 too close to callGLM-5.3 FlashX Legal wins 12

Of the 78 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 5 November 2026 (catalogue release 2026-11-05-44c5fb63d296).

Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal? The short answer

They score about the same, so pick Particle-1: it costs 4.3 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

  • Spring Prompt overall: Particle-1 33, GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal 34 (out of 100; how the score works).
  • Particle-1 is cheaper to run: $0.001 against $0.005 per product listing on CatalogBench (4.3 times less).
  • On our own benchmarks, on the results both models have: Particle-1 does better for decks from an analysis; GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal for marketing planning.

Head to head

33
Spring Prompt overall
34
$0.16
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.59
1,048,576
Context window, tokens
1,048,576

Every fact side by side

Particle-1GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
Price per million tokens$0.050 in · $0.50 out$0.37 in · $1.25 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.16$0.59
Cheapest host, blended––
Cost per product listing (CatalogBench)$0.001$0.005
Intelligence Index––
Spring Prompt overall3334
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Released––
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based in–China

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 26 of 27 26 of 27
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 15 of 28 21 of 28
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 7 of 17 8 of 17
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 14 of 28 11 of 28
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 32 of 32 17 of 31

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureParticle-1GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per productUS dollars, lower is better 3 · 9 of 28 measured $0.0012 $0.0050
Reliably publish-ready% of products, higher is better 26 · 26 of 27 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Reliably publish-ready · sales brief% of products, higher is better 22 · 22 of 27 measured 0.0% 0.0%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per deckUS dollars, lower is better 2 · 9 of 28 measured $0.0086 $0.0359
Deck ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 15 · 21 of 28 measured 1,163 820
Accurate decks% of tasks, higher is better 19 · 23 of 28 measured 16.7% 0.0%
ROASBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Overall scorescore out of 100, higher is better 14 · 11 of 28 measured 43.3 46.2
Audience scorescore out of 100, higher is better 13 · 14 of 28 measured 65.1 63.2
Business scorescore out of 100, higher is better 13 · 10 of 28 measured 39.0 44.9
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Analysis ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 7 · 8 of 17 measured 1,193 997
Cost per taskUS dollars, lower is better 1 · 9 of 17 measured $0.0140 $0.0693
Analysis scorepoints of 100, higher is better 6 · 14 of 17 measured 88.4 53.4
Show all 78 results (66 more)
MeasureParticle-1GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 27 results
Channel compliance% of products, higher is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Channel rules broken% of products, lower is better 15 · 1 of 28 measured 0.6% 0.0%
Channel rules broken · sales brief% of products, lower is better 14 · 27 of 28 measured 0.6% 3.6%
Conflicts caught% of conflicts, higher is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Content quality% of checks, higher is better 13 · 20 of 28 measured 97.1% 96.2%
Content quality · sales brief% of checks, higher is better 19 · 21 of 28 measured 96.1% 95.4%
Decision accuracy% of decisions, higher is better 13 · 21 of 28 measured 96.8% 95.1%
Failed outputs% of products, lower is better 1 · 25 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.6%
Failed outputs · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 24 of 28 measured 0.0% 1.2%
Field accuracy% of missing fields, higher is better 13 · 11 of 28 measured 93.7% 94.2%
Invented values% of filled values, lower is better 14 · 20 of 28 measured 1.7% 2.2%
Missing UK information% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Missing UK information · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Not findable% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Not findable · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Output tokens per producttokens, lower is better 3 · 5 of 6 measured 2,180 3,651
Publish-ready listings% of products, higher is better 27 · 27 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Publish-ready listings · sales brief% of products, higher is better 26 · 26 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Time per productseconds, lower is better 20 · 22 of 28 measured 23.5 29.4
Unsupported claimsclaims per product, lower is better 16 · 22 of 28 measured 0.71 1.19
Unsupported claims% of products, lower is better 15 · 18 of 28 measured 19.6% 27.4%
Unsupported claims · sales brief% of products, lower is better 12 · 21 of 28 measured 49.4% 79.8%
Unsupported claims · sales briefclaims per product, lower is better 17 · 25 of 28 measured 2.36 3.94
Wrong attributes% of products, lower is better 19 · 12 of 28 measured 19.6% 16.7%
Wrong attributes · sales brief% of products, lower is better 14 · 25 of 28 measured 17.9% 23.2%
Wrong category or variant% of products, lower is better 5 · 25 of 28 measured 1.8% 5.4%
Wrong category or variant · sales brief% of products, lower is better 5 · 18 of 28 measured 1.8% 3.0%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 15 results
Caveat dropped% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
Clean layout% of tasks, higher is better 22 · 15 of 28 measured 16.7% 33.3%
Design quality% of the maximum, higher is better 22 · 28 of 28 measured 54.4% 29.3%
Draft figure quoted% of tasks, lower is better 21 · 28 of 28 measured 50.0% 83.3%
Findings missing% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 15 · 18 of 28 measured 51.7% 47.5%
Layout defects% of tasks, lower is better 22 · 15 of 28 measured 83.3% 66.7%
Misleading metric used% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
Output tokens per decktokens, lower is better 2 · 4 of 7 measured 16,952 27,796
Presentable decks% of tasks, higher is better 13 · 13 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Recommendation late or wrong% of tasks, lower is better 16 · 25 of 28 measured 33.3% 83.3%
Slides needing work% of tasks, lower is better 8 · 20 of 28 measured 33.3% 66.7%
Time per deckseconds, lower is better 17 · 20 of 28 measured 154 175
Unsupported claims% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 27 of 28 measured 0.0% 66.7%
Unsupported numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
ROASBench measured by Spring Prompt · 6 results
Consistency scorescore out of 100, higher is better 15 · 12 of 28 measured 27.8 29.0
Contribution profitsimulated US dollars, higher is better 9 · 7 of 28 measured $684,624 $695,680
Cost of a runUS dollars, lower is better 3 · 13 of 28 measured $0.0234 $0.16
Months over budgetmonths of 12, lower is better 1 · 25 of 28 measured 0 1
Planning scorescore out of 100, higher is better 25 · 10 of 28 measured 54.3 54.9
Return on ad spendprofit per $1 spent, higher is better 13 · 10 of 28 measured $0.51 $0.55
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 18 results
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 8 · 5 of 17 measured 50.0% 62.8%
Leading or double-barrelled questions% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 9 of 17 measured 11.1% 44.4%
Mistaken next steps% of tasks, lower is better 6 · 11 of 17 measured 22.2% 44.4%
Numbers right% of answers, higher is better 1 · 13 of 17 measured 100.0% 94.9%
Objectives unanswerable% of tasks, lower is better 8 · 14 of 17 measured 11.1% 22.2%
Output tokens per tasktokens, lower is better 2 · 4 of 7 measured 26,601 51,553
Precision ignored% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 22.2%
Research scorepoints of 100, higher is better 7 · 13 of 17 measured 89.7 59.2
Sound research% of tasks, higher is better 6 · 7 of 17 measured 22.2% 11.1%
Stakeholder's view presumed% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 22.2%
Survey plan scorepoints of 100, higher is better 6 · 15 of 17 measured 92.6 72.7
Survey structure% of tasks, lower is better 12 · 15 of 17 measured 33.3% 44.4%
Time per taskseconds, lower is better 13 · 15 of 17 measured 252 435
Traps handled% of traps, higher is better 2 · 10 of 17 measured 95.7% 83.0%
Traps missed% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 8 of 17 measured 33.3% 66.7%
Unsupported findings% of tasks, lower is better 7 · 9 of 17 measured 55.6% 77.8%
Wrong numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 33.3%
Wrong recommendation% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 14 of 17 measured 11.1% 55.6%

Quick answers

Is Particle-1 better than GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

They score about the same, so pick Particle-1: it costs 4.3 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

Which is cheaper, Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Particle-1 is cheaper to run: $0.001 against $0.005 per product listing on CatalogBench (4.3 times less).

Which is better for decks from an analysis, Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Particle-1 ranks 15 of 28 models on sale for turning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is, against 21 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for user surveys, Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Particle-1 ranks 7 of 17 models on sale for planning a user survey and reading its results without being misled, against 8 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for marketing planning, Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal ranks 11 of 28 models on sale for planning a year of ad spend without overspending, against 14 for Particle-1.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Particle-1 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal ranks 17 of 32 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 32 for Particle-1.

Run Particle-1 and GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal on your own prompt

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