Deepseek Deepseek V3 vs MiniMax MiniMax M2

Detailed comparison for LLMs

DeepseekMiniMax

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, MiniMax MiniMax M2 is the more secure of the two: Deepseek V3 scores 47.2% and MiniMax M2 scores 40.0% 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

MiniMax M2 is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Deepseek Deepseek V3 vs MiniMax MiniMax M2. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Deepseek V3
47.2%
MiniMax M2
40.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek V3
79.5%
MiniMax M2
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Deepseek V3
49.3%
MiniMax M2
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Deepseek V3
12.8%
MiniMax M2
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • MiniMax MiniMax M2 has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Deepseek Deepseek V3 has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Deepseek V3
MiniMax M2
Full security profile
Deepseek Deepseek V3
Full security profile
MiniMax MiniMax M2

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Deepseek V3 or MiniMax MiniMax M2 more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, MiniMax MiniMax M2 is the more secure of the two: Deepseek V3 scores 47.2% and MiniMax M2 scores 40.0% 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 Deepseek V3 vs MiniMax M2?

Deepseek V3 has a 47.2% ASR and MiniMax M2 has a 40.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Deepseek V3 and MiniMax M2 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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