Deepseek Deepseek R1 vs Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite is the more secure of the two: Deepseek R1 scores 42.6% and Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite scores 31.3% on attack success rate (ASR) (lower is better).

Head-to-Head Overview

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Deepseek Deepseek R1 vs Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite. Green marks the safer model on each metric.

Overall (ASR)

Deepseek R1
42.6%
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
31.3%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek R1
76.9%
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
63.9%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek R1
34.8%
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
28.7%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Deepseek R1
16.1%
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
1.3%

Key Highlights

  • Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Deepseek R1
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
Full security profile
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Full security profile
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Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Deepseek R1 or Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite is the more secure of the two: Deepseek R1 scores 42.6% and Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite scores 31.3% on attack success rate (ASR) (lower is better).

What is the attack success rate (ASR) of Deepseek R1 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite?

Deepseek R1 has a 42.6% ASR and Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite has a 31.3% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Deepseek R1 and Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 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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