瞭解及計算符記

Gemini 和其他生成式 AI 模型會以稱為「詞元」的細微程度處理輸入和輸出內容。

對於 Gemini 模型,一個符記約等於 4 個字元。 100 個符記約等於 60 到 80 個英文字。

關於權杖

權杖可以是單一字元 (例如 z),也可以是完整字詞 (例如 cat)。長字會拆成多個權杖。模型使用的所有符記集合稱為詞彙,將文字分割為符記的過程稱為符記化

啟用帳單後,呼叫 Gemini API 的費用會部分取決於輸入和輸出權杖的數量,因此瞭解如何計算權杖數量會很有幫助。

計算詞元數

Gemini API 的所有輸入和輸出內容都會經過權杖化,包括文字、圖片檔案和其他非文字模態。

計算權杖的方式如下:

  • 使用要求輸入內容呼叫 count_tokens傳回輸入內容的權杖總數。傳送輸入內容前,請先發出這項呼叫,檢查要求的大小。

  • 使用互動回覆中的 usage傳回輸入 (total_input_tokens)、輸出 (total_output_tokens)、思考 (total_thought_tokens)、快取內容 (total_cached_tokens)、工具使用 (total_tool_use_tokens) 和總計 (total_tokens) 的權杖數量。

計算文字詞元數

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
from google import genai

client = genai.Client()
prompt = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

# Count tokens before sending
total_tokens = client.models.count_tokens(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents=prompt
)
print("total_tokens:", total_tokens.total_tokens)

# Get usage from interaction
interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input=prompt
)
print(interaction.usage)

JavaScript

// This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
import { GoogleGenAI } from '@google/genai';

const client = new GoogleGenAI({});
const prompt = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

// Count tokens before sending
const countResponse = await client.models.countTokens({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents: prompt,
});
console.log(countResponse.totalTokens);

// Get usage from interaction
const interaction = await client.interactions.create({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    input: prompt,
});
console.log(interaction.usage);

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.CreateModelInteraction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Interaction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionsInput;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Model;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionRequestBody;
import com.google.genai.types.CountTokensResponse;

Client client = new Client();
String prompt = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

// Count tokens before sending
CountTokensResponse countResponse =
    client.models.countTokens("gemini-3.8-flash", prompt, null);
System.out.println("total_tokens: " + countResponse.totalTokens().orElse(0));

// Get usage from interaction
CreateModelInteraction params =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-3.8-flash"))
        .input(InteractionsInput.of(prompt))
        .build();

Interaction interaction =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params)).interaction().get();
System.out.println(interaction.usage().orElse(null));

Go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "google.golang.org/genai"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    modelInfo, err := client.Models.Get(ctx, "gemini-3.8-flash", nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("Input token limit: %d\n", modelInfo.InputTokenLimit)
    fmt.Printf("Output token limit: %d\n", modelInfo.OutputTokenLimit)
}

REST

# Specifies the API revision to avoid breaking changes when they become default
curl -X POST "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.8-flash:countTokens" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents": [{"parts": [{"text": "The quick brown fox."}]}]}'

計算多輪對話的權杖

使用 previous_interaction_id 計算對話記錄中的權杖數:

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
# First interaction
interaction1 = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input="Hi, my name is Bob"
)

# Second interaction continues the conversation
interaction2 = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input="What's my name?",
    previous_interaction_id=interaction1.id
)

# Usage includes tokens from both turns
print(f"Input tokens: {interaction2.usage.total_input_tokens}")
print(f"Output tokens: {interaction2.usage.total_output_tokens}")
print(f"Total tokens: {interaction2.usage.total_tokens}")

JavaScript

// This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
// First interaction
const interaction1 = await client.interactions.create({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    input: "Hi, my name is Bob"
});

// Second interaction continues the conversation
const interaction2 = await client.interactions.create({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    input: "What's my name?",
    previous_interaction_id: interaction1.id
});

console.log(`Input tokens: ${interaction2.usage.total_input_tokens}`);
console.log(`Output tokens: ${interaction2.usage.total_output_tokens}`);

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.CreateModelInteraction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Interaction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionsInput;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Model;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Usage;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionRequestBody;

Client client = new Client();

// First interaction
CreateModelInteraction params1 =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-3.8-flash"))
        .input(InteractionsInput.of("Hi, my name is Bob"))
        .build();

Interaction interaction1 =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params1)).interaction().get();

// Second interaction continues the conversation
CreateModelInteraction params2 =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-3.8-flash"))
        .input(InteractionsInput.of("What's my name?"))
        .previousInteractionId(interaction1.id().orElse(""))
        .build();

Interaction interaction2 =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params2)).interaction().get();

// Usage includes tokens from both turns
if (interaction2.usage().isPresent()) {
  Usage usage = interaction2.usage().get();
  System.out.println("Input tokens: " + usage.totalInputTokens().orElse(0));
  System.out.println("Output tokens: " + usage.totalOutputTokens().orElse(0));
  System.out.println("Total tokens: " + usage.totalTokens().orElse(0));
}

Go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "google.golang.org/genai"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/interactions"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/operations"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    prompt := "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

    // Count input tokens before sending
    totalTokens, err := client.Models.CountTokens(ctx, "gemini-3.8-flash", genai.Text(prompt), nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("total_tokens: %d\n", totalTokens.TotalTokens)

    // Create the interaction and inspect the returned usage metadata
    res, err := client.Interactions.Create(ctx, operations.CreateInteractionRequest{
        Body: operations.NewCreateInteractionRequestBody(interactions.CreateModelInteraction{
            Model: interactions.Model("gemini-3.8-flash"),
            Input: interactions.NewInteractionsInput(prompt),
        }),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    interaction := res.Interaction
    if interaction.OutputText != nil {
        fmt.Println(*interaction.OutputText)
    }
    if interaction.Usage != nil {
        if interaction.Usage.TotalInputTokens != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Input tokens: %d\n", *interaction.Usage.TotalInputTokens)
        }
        if interaction.Usage.TotalOutputTokens != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Output tokens: %d\n", *interaction.Usage.TotalOutputTokens)
        }
        if interaction.Usage.TotalThoughtTokens != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Thought tokens: %d\n", *interaction.Usage.TotalThoughtTokens)
        }
        if interaction.Usage.TotalTokens != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Total tokens: %d\n", *interaction.Usage.TotalTokens)
        }
    }
}

計算多模態權杖

Gemini API 的所有輸入內容都會經過權杖化,包括圖片、影片和音訊。 代碼化相關重點:

  • 圖片:圖片的兩個維度均 ≤384 像素,算為 258 個權杖。較大的圖片會分割成 768x768 像素的圖塊,每個圖塊算做 258 個權杖。
  • 影片:每秒 263 個權杖 (適用於靜態處理)。如果是代理式處理,詞元用量會有所不同。請參閱依處理模式劃分的影片權杖用量
  • 音訊:每秒 32 個權杖

圖片權杖

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
uploaded_file = client.files.upload(file="path/to/image.jpg")

# Count tokens for image + text
total_tokens = client.models.count_tokens(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents=["Tell me about this image", uploaded_file]
)
print(f"Total tokens: {total_tokens}")

# Generate with image
interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input=[
        {"type": "text", "text": "Tell me about this image"},
        {"type": "image", "uri": uploaded_file.uri, "mime_type": uploaded_file.mime_type}
    ]
)
print(interaction.usage)

JavaScript

// This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
const uploadedFile = await client.files.upload({
    file: "path/to/image.jpg",
    config: { mimeType: "image/jpeg" }
});

// Count tokens
const countResponse = await client.models.countTokens({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents: [
        { text: "Tell me about this image" },
        { fileData: { fileUri: uploadedFile.uri, mimeType: uploadedFile.mimeType } }
    ]
});
console.log(countResponse.totalTokens);

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.CreateModelInteraction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.ImageContent;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.ImageContentMimeType;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Interaction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionsInput;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Model;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.TextContent;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionRequestBody;
import com.google.genai.types.Content;
import com.google.genai.types.CountTokensResponse;
import com.google.genai.types.File;
import com.google.genai.types.Part;
import com.google.genai.types.UploadFileConfig;
import java.util.Arrays;

Client client = new Client();

File uploadedFile =
    client.files.upload(
        new java.io.File("path/to/image.jpg"),
        UploadFileConfig.builder().mimeType("image/jpeg").build());

// Count tokens for image + text
CountTokensResponse countResponse =
    client.models.countTokens(
        "gemini-3.8-flash",
        Arrays.asList(
            Content.fromParts(
                Part.fromText("Tell me about this image"),
                Part.fromUri(
                    uploadedFile.uri().orElse(""), uploadedFile.mimeType().orElse("image/jpeg")))),
        null);
System.out.println("Total tokens: " + countResponse.totalTokens().orElse(0));

// Generate with image
CreateModelInteraction params =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-3.8-flash"))
        .input(
            InteractionsInput.ofContent(
                Arrays.asList(
                    TextContent.builder().text("Tell me about this image").build(),
                    ImageContent.builder()
                        .uri(uploadedFile.uri().orElse(""))
                        .mimeType(
                            ImageContentMimeType.of(uploadedFile.mimeType().orElse("image/jpeg")))
                        .build())))
        .build();

Interaction interaction =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params)).interaction().get();
System.out.println(interaction.usage().orElse(null));

Go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "google.golang.org/genai"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/interactions"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/operations"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    res, err := client.Interactions.Create(ctx, operations.CreateInteractionRequest{
        Body: operations.NewCreateInteractionRequestBody(interactions.CreateModelInteraction{
            Model:  interactions.Model("gemini-3.8-flash"),
            Input:  interactions.NewInteractionsInput("Explain the history of the internet in 3 paragraphs."),
            Stream: genai.Ptr(true),
        }),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    stream := res.InteractionSSEStreamEvent
    defer stream.Close()

    for stream.Next() {
        event := stream.Value()
        if stepDelta := event.GetDataStepDelta(); stepDelta != nil {
            if textDelta := stepDelta.GetDeltaText(); textDelta != nil {
                fmt.Print(textDelta.GetText())
            }
        }
        if completed := event.GetDataInteractionCompleted(); completed != nil {
            usage := completed.Interaction.Usage
            if usage != nil && usage.TotalTokens != nil {
                fmt.Printf("\nTotal tokens: %d\n", *usage.TotalTokens)
            }
        }
    }
    if err := stream.Err(); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
}

內嵌資料範例:

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
import base64

with open('image.jpg', 'rb') as f:
    image_bytes = f.read()

interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input=[
        {"type": "text", "text": "Describe this image"},
        {
            "type": "image",
            "data": base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode('utf-8'),
            "mime_type": "image/jpeg"
        }
    ]
)
print(interaction.usage)

影片權杖

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
import time

video_file = client.files.upload(file="path/to/video.mp4")

while not video_file.state or video_file.state.name != "ACTIVE":
    print("Processing video...")
    time.sleep(5)
    video_file = client.files.get(name=video_file.name)

# A 60-second video is approximately 100 * 60 = 6,000 tokens
total_tokens = client.models.count_tokens(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents=["Summarize this video", video_file]
)
print(f"Total tokens: {total_tokens}")

# Generate with video
interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input=[
        {"type": "text", "text": "Summarize this video"},
        {"type": "video", "uri": video_file.uri, "mime_type": video_file.mime_type}
    ]
)
print(interaction.usage)

各處理模式的影片權杖用量

影片的權杖用量取決於處理模式:

處理模式 權杖計算 一般用途
靜態 (預設) 預設為每秒約 100 個權杖 (低解析度),或每秒約 300 個權杖 (高解析度)。所有影格的取樣率為 1 FPS。 可預測,與影片長度成正比。
代理功能 視內容複雜度而定。模型只會載入回應提示所需的轉錄稿和/或影格和/或音訊。 長篇內容的權杖數量最多可減少 88%。

如果使用代理式處理,原本在靜態模式下需要約 108 萬個權杖的 1 小時講座,可能只需要約 10 萬 8 千個權杖,實際用量取決於提示和內容。

如要查看要求的實際權杖用量,請檢查 interaction.usage。系統會在下列欄位中回報代理式影片權杖:

  • 初始提示 (影片參考資料 + 使用者提示):total_input_tokens
  • 導覽思維total_thought_tokens
  • 視需要載入轉錄稿、影格和音訊total_tool_use_tokens
  • 最終答案total_output_tokens

音訊權杖

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
audio_file = client.files.upload(file="path/to/audio.mp3")

# A 60-second audio clip is approximately 32 * 60 = 1,920 tokens
total_tokens = client.models.count_tokens(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    contents=["Transcribe this audio", audio_file]
)
print(f"Total tokens: {total_tokens}")

# Generate with audio
interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input=[
        {"type": "text", "text": "Transcribe this audio"},
        {"type": "audio", "uri": audio_file.uri, "mime_type": audio_file.mime_type}
    ]
)
print(interaction.usage)

計算系統指令的權杖數

系統指令會計入輸入權杖:

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input="Hello!",
    system_instruction="You are a helpful assistant who speaks like a pirate."
)

# system_instruction tokens included in total_input_tokens
print(f"Input tokens: {interaction.usage.total_input_tokens}")

計算工具詞元

工具 (函式、執行程式碼、Google 搜尋) 也會計入:

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
tools = [
    {
        "type": "function",
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get current weather",
        "parameters": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "location": {"type": "string"}
            }
        }
    }
]

interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input="What's the weather in Tokyo?",
    tools=tools
)

print(f"Input tokens: {interaction.usage.total_input_tokens}")
print(f"Tool use tokens: {interaction.usage.total_tool_use_tokens}")

脈絡窗口

每個 Gemini 模型都有可處理的符記數量上限。內容視窗會定義輸入和輸出詞元的合併限制。

以程式輔助方式取得脈絡窗口大小

Python

# This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
model_info = client.models.get(model="gemini-3.8-flash")
print(f"Input token limit: {model_info.input_token_limit}")
print(f"Output token limit: {model_info.output_token_limit}")

JavaScript

// This will only work for SDK newer than 2.0.0
const modelInfo = await client.models.get({ model: "gemini-3.8-flash" });
console.log(`Input token limit: ${modelInfo.inputTokenLimit}`);
console.log(`Output token limit: ${modelInfo.outputTokenLimit}`);

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.types.Model;

Client client = new Client();

Model modelInfo = client.models.get("gemini-3.8-flash", null);
System.out.println("Input token limit: " + modelInfo.inputTokenLimit().orElse(0));
System.out.println("Output token limit: " + modelInfo.outputTokenLimit().orElse(0));

Go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "encoding/base64"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "google.golang.org/genai"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/interactions"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/operations"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    prompt := "Tell me about this instrument"
    imageBytes, err := os.ReadFile("/path/to/organ.jpg")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    base64Image := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(imageBytes)

    // Count tokens before creating the interaction
    parts := []*genai.Part{
        genai.NewPartFromText(prompt),
        genai.NewPartFromBytes(imageBytes, "image/jpeg"),
    }
    totalTokens, err := client.Models.CountTokens(ctx, "gemini-3.8-flash", []*genai.Content{
        genai.NewContentFromParts(parts, genai.RoleUser),
    }, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("Estimated input tokens: %d\n", totalTokens.TotalTokens)

    // Create the multimodal interaction and inspect the usage metadata
    res, err := client.Interactions.Create(ctx, operations.CreateInteractionRequest{
        Body: operations.NewCreateInteractionRequestBody(interactions.CreateModelInteraction{
            Model: interactions.Model("gemini-3.8-flash"),
            Input: interactions.NewInteractionsInput([]interactions.Content{
                interactions.NewContent(interactions.TextContent{
                    Text: prompt,
                }),
                interactions.NewContent(interactions.ImageContent{
                    Data:     genai.Ptr(base64Image),
                    MimeType: interactions.ImageContentMimeTypeImageJpeg.ToPointer(),
                }),
            }),
        }),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    interaction := res.Interaction
    if interaction.OutputText != nil {
        fmt.Println(*interaction.OutputText)
    }
    if interaction.Usage != nil && interaction.Usage.TotalTokens != nil {
        fmt.Printf("Total tokens billed: %d\n", *interaction.Usage.TotalTokens)
    }
}

您可以在「模型」頁面查看脈絡窗口大小。

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