At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty, more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter.
Pada terpadat mereka, mereka sebanding dengan bagian-bagian kurang padat dari cincin utama Saturnus seperti cincin C dan Divisi Cassini, tetapi banyak dari sistem cincin Neptunus cukup renggang, samar dan berdebu, lebih menyerupai cincin Jupiter.