DeepSeek V3.1 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Which AI Model Should You Choose?

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.RAILWAIL_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://railwail.com/v1",
});

// Before — using DeepSeek V3.1
let r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-chat",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});

// After — switched to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["RAILWAIL_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://railwail.com/v1",
)

# Before — using DeepSeek V3.1
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

# After — switched to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

# Before — using DeepSeek V3.1
curl https://railwail.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAILWAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-chat",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

# After — switched to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
curl https://railwail.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAILWAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-flash",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'