I heard that there are no 3 nonisomorphic simple groups of the same order.



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In case this is not the case, here a modified question:



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Simple groups of the same order
No, there are no known proofs of any results of this type that do not rely on the complete classification of finite simple groups


In particular, the result of Pyber (1993) giving an upper bound on the number of isomorphism classes of finite groups of order $n$ (see Jack Schmidt's answer to [this question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/422120) for details) could only be incorrect if there were vast numbers of isomorphism classes of simple groups of the same order, but it still relies on the classification.


