well there are only 3 types of gpus I know about.:
1. Consumer - Geforce - gtx 680m and so on or AMD Radoeon series - AMD Radeon HD 8570M
2. Professional - Quadrino or AMD firepro
3. Intergrated - Intel hd graphics or amd HD series
1. These graphics cards have 2 purposes. 1. Games - These are made especially for games as they have drivers for them. Obviously, there will be a range of the them from entry level to high end. 2. 3D load - These cards can be used for 3d but they are not the best. The graphics card from the second option in the list are the best for this.
2. These are made especially for 3d load as they have specialized drivers for the software
3. These are made to save as much as battery life as possible while giving enough performance for simple 2d things.
I hope I have answered your question.