2025 Ram 1500 vs 2025 Ford F-150

The 2025 RAM 1500 and the 2025 Ford F-150 stand at the top of their class in every aspect. The iconic F-150 is America’s Best-Selling Truck 47 years in a row. RAM is J.D. Power’s #1 Brand in New Vehicle Quality, reflecting RAM’s commitment to the freshest, most advanced version of its trucks in every model. Reinforcing that, the RAM brand is the Most Awarded Light-Duty and Heavy-Duty Truck Brand over the last 5 years, showing that RAM consistently seeks growth in its quality. The 2025 RAM has outdone itself, now offering two new models: the RHO, the Most Powerful RAM 1500 Ever, and the Tungsten—the Most Technologically Advanced, Most Luxurious Yet, and one of Wards 10 Best Interiors. The F-150 is a legend, but the RAM 1500 is more active in offering updated features while still staying true to its heritage.

Both trucks come loaded with a variety of engine options, from V6s to V8s, and even hybrid powertrains. The 2025 RAM 1500 has upgraded from the epitome of power—the legendary HEMI® V8—now featuring two new ferocious Hurricane engines in addition to the standard, trusted Pentastar® V6. The RAM 1500’s mid-tier Hurricane 3.0L engine puts out a potent 420 hp and 469 lbs.-ft. of torque, outperforming the HEMI®. Of the F-150’s 4 widely available gas engines, only one matches the RAM’s Hurricane 3.0L—the F-150 Raptor® achieves 450 hp but it takes a Twin-Turbo High-Output engine that sacrifices fuel economy where the Hurricane engine does not. The Ford F-150 Raptor® gets only 14/18 mpg city/highway, while the RAM 1500’s trims with the Hurricane engine boast 17/24.

Here, the 2025 RAM 1500 is incomparable. While the Ford F-150 brings a 12-inch SYNC® 4 system with 5G Hotspot and over-the-air software updates, the 2025 RAM 1500 is titled the Most Technologically Advanced RAM Ever. The RAM’s Uconnect® 5 NAV system features the Most Touchscreen Space in its Class with over 50 inches of displays, as well as the Largest Touchscreen in its Class in foundational trims, with a massive 14.5-inch display and split-screen view, allowing two smartphones to run apps independently. Additionally, the exclusive 10.25-inch Passenger Interactive Display lets your co-pilot access navigation, cameras, streaming, and music themselves. Both the RAM 1500 and F-150 offer wireless smartphone connectivity, but only the RAM offers the Most Powerful Audio System in its Class with the all-new Tungsten trim’s 23-speaker, 12-subwoofer Klipsch® system complementing its award-winning interior. With the RAM’s Uconnect® system being more intuitive and standing out for its clarity, responsiveness, and customization options, the Ford F-150’s infotainment and audio systems just did not upgrade anywhere near the RAM’s overachieving systems.

While both the Ford F-150 and the RAM 1500 are the elite of hard-working, hard-playing trucks, the 2025 RAM 1500 leaves the F-150 in the dust when it comes to technological innovation, engine options and capability, and fuel economy. When it comes down to it, the Ford F-150 relies heavily on being the go-to truck, while RAM consistently steps up its game in every category: improving on the best-of-the-best engine, creating 2 new trims to keep the lineup fresh, going above and beyond with technological enhancements, and more such as award-winning interiors and exciting new sound systems. This is why RAM is #1 in New Vehicle Quality, and why the Ford F-150 is in the 2025 RAM 1500’s shadow.