2025 Chevy Silverado 3500 vs 2025 Ram 3500
Our article compares two great American heavyweight pickup truck stalwarts, but which one is right for you?
Read on as we share some key details about the 2025 Chevy Silverado 3500 and the 2025 Ram 3500, helping you make the best buying choice.
2025 Chevy Silverado 3500
The Silverado nameplate has been around since 1975, synonymous with Chevy trucks’ range-topping trim levels, with the nameplate then being applied to the Chevy Silverado lineup of heavy-duty trucks in 1999.
Fast forward to 2025, and the Silverado 3500 is now in its fourth iteration, first seen in 2019.
For the 2025 model year, the range sees some trims shuffling and features updates with the lineup including Work Truck, LT, LTZ, and High Country.
2025 Ram 3500
The 2025 Ram 3500, as part of the Ram pickup truck family, is available in three cab styles: the regular cab, a crew cab, and the Mega Cab (extra-large, crew cab), with potential owners also getting to pick the load bed size.
The 2025 Ram 3500 is on offer in five trim levels: Tradesman, Big Horn, Laramie, Longhorn, and Limited.
Exterior Comparisons
Heavy-duty trucks are all about utility and capability, with specs like load space and payload being important buying factors.
The large Chevy Silverado 3500 certainly looks, measuring 249.95 inches long, 81.85 inches wide, and standing 80.87 inches tall with a generous wheelbase of 158.94 inches, with ground clearance of up to 11.8 inches. The Chevy is built with a fully boxed hydroformed front section and a fully boxed stamped rear section.
The Chevy Silverado 3500 is available in Regular Cab, Double Cab, and Crew Cab configurations that are orderable in either a standard or long bed, offering a variety of configurations that suit all buyers’ requirements.
The ruggedly handsome styling of the Chevy sees standard features such as:
- Intellibeam Headlamps
- Daytime Running Lamps
- Black front and rear bumper
- Black Bed step
- Tailgate and bed rail protection cap
- Incandescent tail lights, stop, and reverse lights
- Trailering Package
Upper and top trim levels get additional features that include the likes of:
- Body-color front bumper
- Chrome mirror caps
- Chrome door handles
- Chrome or body-color rear
- Deep-tinted glass
The Silverado rolls on steel wheels of 18 inches on the base Work Truck trim, up to 20-inch alloys on the top High Country trim.
The 2025 Ram 3500 is available as a regular, crew, or mega cab option and is built on a high-strength hydroformed steel frame. The Ram 3500’s big proportions measure 260.8 inches in length, 83.5 inches wide, and 78.4 inches high. Ground clearance is up to 13.1 inches.
The Rams exterior sees a bold black front grille with a chrome surround, chrome bumpers, LED headlamps, and standard black door handles.
The Ram 3500 offers 18-inch wheels and a choice of 15 exterior colors.
Interior Differences
For 2025, buyers of the heavy-duty Silverado get stripped-down utility in the form of the Work Truck, all the way up to some serious luxury in top High Country trim.
The up to six-seating Chevy features an impressively spacious cabin with a large dashboard with modern and easy-to-use switches. Single-zone climate control is standard, with Dual-zone automatic climate control fitted on High Country trims.
Upper trims get comfort items like 10-way power front passenger seats that are both heated and ventilated, heated rear seats, a heated steering wheel, plus niceties like a bed view camera and available head-up display.
Just some of the standard interior equipment includes:
- Remote Keyless Entry
- Power windows with driver express-up/down
- Manual tilt steering column
- Compass
- Rear air vents
- 40/20/40 split-bench front seat with under-seat storage
- Hitch Guidance
The Chevy offers spacious interior cubby storage with a giant center console bin. Trim dependent, the Chevy is orderable with a storage compartment under the rear seat and built-in bins in the backs of the rear-seat cushions.
Infotainment sees fitment of a standard 6-speaker audio system, with all trims featuring a touchscreen system with Google built-in. Upper trims receive a large 13.4″ diagonal Chevrolet Infotainment system.
Wireless phone Projection is standard, along with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto across all trim levels.
The Ram 3500, like the Chevy, seats up to six passengers when equipped with a Crew Cab. A respectable lineup of standard interior features includes durable vinyl seats, manual door locks with power locks, and remote keyless entry.
Further interior highlights are standard air conditioning, cruise control, and a 5-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
Upper trims get luxury and livability features added, like available leather seats, dual-zone climate control, an 8.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system, integrated navigation, and more.
Powertrain and Performance Comparison
The Silverado features a gas-powered 6.6-liter V8 as standard, making 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque, with an available Duramax diesel 6.6-liter V8 pushing out 470 horsepower and 975 pound-feet of torque.
An Allison 10-speed automatic transmission is standard with both engines, and either rear- or four-wheel drive is on offer, both compatible with a single or dual rear-wheel axle.
The Chevy can tow up to 36,000 pounds when equipped with the Turbo-Diesel engine, the Max Trailering Package, and dual rear wheels, while gasoline-engined models can tow up to 18,700 pounds.
Depending on the configuration, the Chevy offers a payload of up to 7,237 pounds.
The RAM 3500 is also a heavy hitter with excellent loading and towing capacity, thanks to its 6.4-liter V8 Hemi offering 405 horsepower and torque of 429 pound-feet, paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The V8-powered Ram offers a maximum payload of 7,680 pounds and a maximum tow rating of 18,210 pounds.
The high-output Cummings 6.7-liter turbo diesel engine option makes 430 horsepower and 1,075 pound-feet of torque, which allows the Ram 3500 to tow an impressive 35,100 pounds.
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