Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 120B is the more secure of the two: Qwen QwQ 32B scores 40.0% and GPT OSS 120B scores 15.0% on attack success rate (ASR) (lower is better). One or both scores are estimated from public safety evaluations pending a Guardion benchmark run.

Head-to-Head Overview

GPT OSS 120B is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
40.0%
GPT OSS 120B
15.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
73.9%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
40.9%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
5.3%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • OpenAI GPT OSS 120B has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Qwen QwQ 32B
GPT OSS 120B
Full security profile
Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B
Full security profile
OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Frequently asked questions

Is Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B or OpenAI GPT OSS 120B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 120B is the more secure of the two: Qwen QwQ 32B scores 40.0% and GPT OSS 120B scores 15.0% on attack success rate (ASR) (lower is better). One or both scores are estimated from public safety evaluations pending a Guardion benchmark run.

What is the attack success rate (ASR) of Qwen QwQ 32B vs GPT OSS 120B?

Qwen QwQ 32B has a 40.0% ASR and GPT OSS 120B has a 15.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Qwen QwQ 32B and GPT OSS 120B tested?

Both were red-teamed with the HarmBench framework across zero-shot, TAP (Tree of Attacks with Pruning), and Crescendo multi-turn attacks, scored by Attack Success Rate.

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