Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the more secure of the two: Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores 4.2% and Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores 20.3% 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

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Claude Sonnet 4.5
4.2%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
20.3%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Claude Sonnet 4.5
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
31.4%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Claude Sonnet 4.5
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
25.3%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Claude Sonnet 4.5
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Key Highlights

  • Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the more secure of the two: Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores 4.2% and Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores 20.3% 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 Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 4.2% ASR and Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 20.3% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet 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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