Meta Llama 4 Maverick vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

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On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Meta Llama 4 Maverick is the more secure of the two: Llama 4 Maverick scores 27.7% and Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 scores 38.0% 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 4 Maverick is the overall winner in this comparison!

Attack Success Rate (lower is safer)

ASR for Meta Llama 4 Maverick vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905. Green marks the safer model on each metric. Only the overall score is available for estimated models.

Overall (ASR)

Llama 4 Maverick
27.7%
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
38.0%

TAP Attack Method (ASR)

Llama 4 Maverick
65.3%
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%

Crescendo Attack Method (ASR)

Llama 4 Maverick
14.6%
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%

Zero-Shot (ASR)

Llama 4 Maverick
3.0%
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
100.0%

Key Highlights

  • Meta Llama 4 Maverick has a lower Overall (ASR).
  • Meta Llama 4 Maverick has a lower TAP Attack Method (ASR).
  • Meta Llama 4 Maverick has a lower Crescendo Attack Method (ASR).
  • Meta Llama 4 Maverick has a lower Zero-Shot (ASR).

Security Profile

Outward is better on every axis.

OverallTAPCrescendoZero-Shot
Llama 4 Maverick
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
Full security profile
Meta Llama 4 Maverick
Full security profile
Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

Frequently asked questions

Is Meta Llama 4 Maverick or Moonshot AI Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 more secure?

On Guardion's LLM vulnerability Benchmark, Meta Llama 4 Maverick is the more secure of the two: Llama 4 Maverick scores 27.7% and Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 scores 38.0% 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 Llama 4 Maverick vs Kimi K2-Thinking-0905?

Llama 4 Maverick has a 27.7% ASR and Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 has a 38.0% ASR — the share of adversarial prompts that succeed across zero-shot, TAP, and Crescendo attacks. Lower is safer.

How were Llama 4 Maverick and Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 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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