Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 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: Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 scores 16.0% 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 Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
16.0%
GPT OSS 120B
15.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
28.4%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
19.3%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
0.3%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • OpenAI GPT OSS 120B has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
GPT OSS 120B
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1
Full security profile
OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 or OpenAI GPT OSS 120B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 120B is the more secure of the two: Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 scores 16.0% 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 Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 vs GPT OSS 120B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 has a 16.0% 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 Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 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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