Brooks Ghost vs New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors Brooks Ghost. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, Brooks Ghost leads 1 and New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13 leads 0 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, Brooks Ghost is ranked in 2 categories and sits at #1 in 1; New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13 is ranked in 1 category. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #1Brooks GhostNew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#1
- #10New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13Up 5 from the last closespread 10Gemini#5
On consensus rank, Brooks Ghost leads here, #1 to New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13's #10. 25 to 13 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks Brooks Ghost ahead. Brooks Ghost is new to the board at this close.
What the models actually said.
The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.
Brooks Ghost
Brooks Ghost 18 — Choose this if you want the safest, traditional-feeling workhorse: it is stable, predictable, widely available, and remains one of the most commonly recommended first running shoes.
ChatGPT
New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13
New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13: Provides a highly plush, luxurious underfoot feel that keeps feet exceptionally comfortable over gradually increasing distances.
Gemini
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category Brooks Ghost and New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13 both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks Brooks Ghost ahead at least as often as not, with Gemini the most lopsided.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudesplit 0-0
- Geminifavors Brooks Ghost 1-0
- Perplexitysplit 0-0