Deepseek Deepseek V3 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 V3 scores 47.2% 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 V3 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 V3
47.2%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
40.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek V3
79.5%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek V3
49.3%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Deepseek V3
12.8%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Deepseek V3
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Full security profile
Deepseek Deepseek V3
Full security profile
NVIDIA Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Deepseek V3 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 V3 scores 47.2% 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 V3 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Deepseek V3 has a 47.2% 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 V3 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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