Google Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Google Gemini 2.5 Pro is the more secure of the two: Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 16.1% and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores 36.0% 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

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Google Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Gemini 2.5 Pro
16.1%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
36.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Gemini 2.5 Pro
27.5%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Gemini 2.5 Pro
19.1%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Gemini 2.5 Pro
1.6%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Google Gemini 2.5 Pro has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.5 Pro has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.5 Pro has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Google Gemini 2.5 Pro has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Full security profile
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
Full security profile
Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Frequently asked questions

Is Google Gemini 2.5 Pro or Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Google Gemini 2.5 Pro is the more secure of the two: Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 16.1% and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores 36.0% 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has a 16.1% ASR and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 36.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Gemini 2.5 Pro and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct 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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