Editing Graphics card (section)

== 3D graphics APIs ==
A graphics driver usually supports one or multiple cards by the same vendor and has to be written for a specific operating system. Additionally, the operating system or an extra software package may provide certain programming [[API]]s for applications to perform 3D rendering.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+3D rendering API availability across operating systems
! OS
! [[Vulkan]]
! [[Direct3D]]
! [[Metal (API)|Metal]]
! [[OpenGL]]
! [[OpenGL ES]]
! [[OpenCL]]
|-
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Sort|Yes-Microsoft|{{Yes|Microsoft}}}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[macOS]], [[iOS]] and [[iPadOS]]
| {{Sort|Partial-MoltenVK|{{Partial|[[MoltenVK]]}}}}
| {{No}}
| {{Sort|Yes-Apple|{{Yes|Apple}}}}
| {{Sort|Yes-MacOS|{{Yes|MacOS}}}}
| {{Sort|Yes-iOS/iPadOS|{{Yes|iOS/iPadOS}}}}
| {{Sort|Yes-Apple|{{Yes|Apple}}}}
|-
! [[Linux]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Sort|Partial-Wine|{{Partial|[[Direct3D#Alternative_implementations|Alternative<br>Implementations]]}}}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Sort|Yes-Nvidia|{{Yes|Nvidia}}}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[Tizen]]
| {{Sort|Pending-InDevelopment|{{Pending|In development}}}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
! [[Sailfish OS]]
| {{Sort|Pending-InDevelopment|{{Pending|In development}}}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{N/A}}
|}

=== Specific usage ===
Some GPUs are designed with specific usage in mind:

# Gaming
#* [[GeForce|GeForce GTX]]
#* [[Nvidia RTX|GeForce RTX]]
#* [[Nvidia Titan]]
#* [[Radeon]] HD
#* [[Radeon]] RX
#* [[Intel Arc]]
# [[Cloud gaming]]
#* [[Nvidia GRID|Nvidia Grid]]
#* [[List of AMD graphics processing units#Radeon Sky Series|Radeon Sky]]
# Workstation
#* [[Nvidia Quadro]]
#* [[AMD FirePro]]
#* [[Radeon Pro]]
#* [[Intel Arc#Workstation|Intel Arc Pro]]
# Cloud Workstation
#* [[Nvidia Tesla]]
#* [[AMD FireStream]]
# Artificial Intelligence Cloud
#* [[Nvidia Tesla]]
#* [[Radeon Instinct]]
# Automated/Driverless car
#* [[Drive PX-series|Nvidia Drive PX]]