Deepseek Deepseek V3 vs xAI Grok-2
Detailed comparison for LLMs
On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-2 is the more secure of the two: Deepseek V3 scores 47.2% and Grok-2 scores 46.0% 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
Grok-2 is the overall winner in this comparison!
Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)
ASR for Deepseek Deepseek V3 vs xAI Grok-2. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.
Overall (ASR)
TAP Attack Method (ASR)
Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)
Zero-Shot (ASR)
Key Highlights
- xAI Grok-2 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Deepseek Deepseek V3 or xAI Grok-2 more secure?
On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-2 is the more secure of the two: Deepseek V3 scores 47.2% and Grok-2 scores 46.0% 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 Grok-2?
Deepseek V3 has a 47.2% ASR and Grok-2 has a 46.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.
How were Deepseek V3 and Grok-2 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.