How does Ricci flow distinguish $S^n$ and other manifolds?

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I have read some basic content of Ricci flow. When the dimension is 3, I know the metric will not vanish, and there is a classify of singularity . But I don't know ,how the Ricci flow distinguish different manifold.

For example, how Ricci flow distinguish $S^3$ and $T^3$ ?