Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs OpenAI GPT OSS 20B

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B is the more secure of the two: Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores 20.3% and GPT OSS 20B scores 20.0% 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 20B is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs OpenAI GPT OSS 20B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
20.3%
GPT OSS 20B
20.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
31.4%
GPT OSS 20B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
25.3%
GPT OSS 20B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
GPT OSS 20B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • OpenAI GPT OSS 20B has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
GPT OSS 20B
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Full security profile
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet or OpenAI GPT OSS 20B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B is the more secure of the two: Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores 20.3% and GPT OSS 20B scores 20.0% 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 3.7 Sonnet vs GPT OSS 20B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 20.3% ASR and GPT OSS 20B has a 20.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Claude 3.7 Sonnet and GPT OSS 20B 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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