Amazon Nova Premier vs DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Amazon Nova Premier is the more secure of the two: Nova Premier scores 20.0% and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% 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

Nova Premier is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Amazon Nova Premier vs DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Nova Premier
20.0%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
48.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Nova Premier
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Nova Premier
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Nova Premier
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Amazon Nova Premier has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Nova Premier
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Full security profile
Amazon Nova Premier
Full security profile
DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Premier or DeepSeek DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Amazon Nova Premier is the more secure of the two: Nova Premier scores 20.0% and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores 48.0% 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 Nova Premier vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?

Nova Premier has a 20.0% ASR and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a 48.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Nova Premier and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B 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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