Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B vs xAI Grok-2

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B is the more secure of the two: Qwen QwQ 32B scores 40.0% and Grok-2 scores 46.0% 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

Qwen QwQ 32B is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B vs xAI Grok-2. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
40.0%
Grok-2
46.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
73.9%
Grok-2
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
40.9%
Grok-2
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Qwen QwQ 32B
5.3%
Grok-2
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B 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
Grok-2
Full security profile
Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B
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xAI Grok-2

Frequently asked questions

Is Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B or xAI Grok-2 more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Alibaba Qwen QwQ 32B is the more secure of the two: Qwen QwQ 32B scores 40.0% and Grok-2 scores 46.0% 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 Grok-2?

Qwen QwQ 32B has a 40.0% ASR and Grok-2 has a 46.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Qwen QwQ 32B and Grok-2 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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