Amazon Nova Pro vs DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Amazon Nova Pro is the more secure of the two: Nova Pro scores 24.0% and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% 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

Nova Pro is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Amazon Nova Pro vs DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Nova Pro
24.0%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
48.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Nova Pro
100.0%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Nova Pro
100.0%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Nova Pro
100.0%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Amazon Nova Pro has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Nova Pro
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Full security profile
Amazon Nova Pro
Full security profile
DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro or DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Amazon Nova Pro is the more secure of the two: Nova Pro scores 24.0% and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% 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 Nova Pro vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?

Nova Pro has a 24.0% ASR and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a 48.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Nova Pro and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B 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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