Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet is the more secure of the two: Claude 4.0 Sonnet scores 13.6% 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

Claude 4.0 Sonnet is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet 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 4.0 Sonnet
13.6%
GPT OSS 120B
15.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 4.0 Sonnet
22.0%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Claude 4.0 Sonnet
14.8%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Claude 4.0 Sonnet
4.1%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Claude 4.0 Sonnet
GPT OSS 120B
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet
Full security profile
OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet or OpenAI GPT OSS 120B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Anthropic Claude 4.0 Sonnet is the more secure of the two: Claude 4.0 Sonnet scores 13.6% 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 4.0 Sonnet vs GPT OSS 120B?

Claude 4.0 Sonnet has a 13.6% 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 4.0 Sonnet 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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