DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is the more secure of the two: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores 40.0% 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

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1. 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%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
40.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
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DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
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NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B or NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is the more secure of the two: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores 40.0% 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 Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a 48.0% ASR and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a 40.0% 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 Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 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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