xAI Grok-4.1 vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-4.1 is the more secure of the two: Grok-4.1 scores 11.5% and GPT OSS 120B scores 15.0% 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 is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for xAI Grok-4.1 vs OpenAI GPT OSS 120B. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Grok-4.1
11.5%
GPT OSS 120B
15.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Grok-4.1
100.0%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Grok-4.1
100.0%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Grok-4.1
100.0%
GPT OSS 120B
100.0%

Key Highlights

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

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Grok-4.1
GPT OSS 120B
Full security profile
xAI Grok-4.1
Full security profile
OpenAI GPT OSS 120B

Frequently asked questions

Is xAI Grok-4.1 or OpenAI GPT OSS 120B more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, xAI Grok-4.1 is the more secure of the two: Grok-4.1 scores 11.5% and GPT OSS 120B scores 15.0% 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 Grok-4.1 vs GPT OSS 120B?

Grok-4.1 has a 11.5% ASR and GPT OSS 120B has a 15.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Grok-4.1 and GPT OSS 120B 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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