Does Gemini Flash 1.5 has Extra Token for Function Calling?

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I’m comparing prices between Claude Haiku and Flash 1.5, which have different price rates and tokenizers for the Thai language.

Clearly, Flash 1.5 has a better tokenizer, converting 512 characters to 199 tokens, while Haiku converts 512 characters to 414 tokens.

Therefore, I’ve concluded that Flash 1.5 is more cost-effective for common chat,

but I would like to know about the extra token cost for function calling.

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@cepheusn_22 ,
Welcome to the community.
function calling would not cost you any extra tokens in itself as you are responsible for calling the functions
but it would cost you some input tokes as you describe the function and tools while making the call to the model. also would cost you output tokens to generate “textured output” compatible for function calling.