This work evaluates the performance of Lagrangian turbulent particle dispersion models based on the Langevin equation. A family of Langevin models, extensively reported in the open literature, decompose the fluctuating fluid velocity seen by the particle in two components, one correlated with the previous time step and a second one randomly sampled from a Wiener process, i.e., the closure is at the level of the fluid velocity seen by the particle. We will call those models generically the “standard model.” On the other hand, the model proposed by Minier and Peirano (2001 Minier , J. P. and Peirano , E. ( 2001 ). The PDF approach to turbulent polydisperesed two-phase flows , Phys. Rep. , 352 , 1 – 214 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) is considered; this approach is based on the probability density function (PDF) and performs the closure at the level of the acceleration of the fluid seen by the particle. The formulation of a Langevin equation model for the increments of fluid velocity seen by the particle allows capturing some underlying physics of particle dispersion in general turbulent flows while keeping simple the mathematical manipulation of the stochastic model, avoiding some pitfalls, and simplifying the derivation of macroscopic relations. The performance of the previous dispersion models is evaluated in the configurations of grid-generated turbulence (Snyder and Lumley, 1971 Snyder , W. H. and Lumley , J. L. ( 1971 ). Some measurements of particle-velocity autocorrelation functions in a turbulent flow , J. Fluid Mech. , 48 , 41 – 71 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Wells and Stock, 1983 Wells , M. R. and Stock , D. E. ( 1983 ). The effect of crossing trajectories on the dispersion of particles in a turbulent flow , J. Fluid Mech. , 136 , 31 – 62 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), simple shear flow (Hyland et al., 1999), and confined axisymmetric jet flow laden with solids (Hishida and Maeda, 1987 Hishida , K. and Maeda , M. ( 1987 ). Turbulent characteristics of gas-solids two-phase confined jet: Effect of particle density , Jpn. J. Multiph. Flow , 1 , 56 – 69 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]).