Alibaba Qwen3-Max vs xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking

Detailed comparison for LLMs

AlibabaxAI

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking is the more secure of the two: Qwen3-Max scores 28.0% and Grok-4.1 Thinking scores 10.0% 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-4.1 Thinking is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Alibaba Qwen3-Max vs xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Qwen3-Max
28.0%
Grok-4.1 Thinking
10.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen3-Max
Grok-4.1 Thinking
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Qwen3-Max
Grok-4.1 Thinking
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Qwen3-Max
Grok-4.1 Thinking
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Qwen3-Max
Grok-4.1 Thinking
Full security profile
Alibaba Qwen3-Max
Full security profile
xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking

Frequently asked questions

Is Alibaba Qwen3-Max or xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-4.1 Thinking is the more secure of the two: Qwen3-Max scores 28.0% and Grok-4.1 Thinking scores 10.0% 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 Qwen3-Max vs Grok-4.1 Thinking?

Qwen3-Max has a 28.0% ASR and Grok-4.1 Thinking has a 10.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Qwen3-Max and Grok-4.1 Thinking 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.

Related Comparisons