If two groups are both nonbelian and have the same no. Of elements of each order, are they isomorphic?

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I was trying to prove that $S_3\times Z_2$ is isomorphic to $D_6$.

Well there are a lot of methods to do so.

But I was queried that

If we know if two abelian groups have same number of elements of each order then they are isomorphic?

Also, do there exist a abelain and a nonabelian group satisfying the property but still not isomorphic?

So my doubt is -- is it true If both are nonabelian and have same number of elements of each order then they are isomorphism?

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No; there are many more groups than there are possible sets of orders. In this MO answer you can find a counting argument that makes this precise and in this MO answer you can find an explicit minimal counterexample of order $16$ (although I haven't checked to see if you can find a counterexample where both groups are nonabelian).