OpenAI GPT OSS 20B vs Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Detailed comparison for LLMs

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B is the more secure of the two: GPT OSS 20B scores 20.0% 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

GPT OSS 20B is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for OpenAI GPT OSS 20B 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)

GPT OSS 20B
20.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
20.3%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

GPT OSS 20B
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
31.4%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

GPT OSS 20B
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
25.3%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

GPT OSS 20B
100.0%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Key Highlights

  • OpenAI GPT OSS 20B 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
GPT OSS 20B
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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OpenAI GPT OSS 20B
Full security profile
Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Frequently asked questions

Is OpenAI GPT OSS 20B or Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B is the more secure of the two: GPT OSS 20B scores 20.0% 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 GPT OSS 20B vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet?

GPT OSS 20B has a 20.0% 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 GPT OSS 20B 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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