DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Google Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is the more secure of the two: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT scores 55.0% 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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Google Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
48.0%
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT
55.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT
Full security profile
DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Full security profile
Google Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B or Google Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is the more secure of the two: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT scores 55.0% 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 DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a 48.0% ASR and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT has a 55.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT 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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