Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

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Moonshot AIMeta

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the more secure of the two: Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 scores 38.0% 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

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 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)

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
38.0%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
36.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a lower Overall (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
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Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Frequently asked questions

Is Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 or Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the more secure of the two: Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 scores 38.0% 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 Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 has a 38.0% 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 Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 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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