This paper is a diagnosis of relative poverty impact of social benefits, by analyzing the characteristics of relative poverty in 2008, the profile of persons / households being under the relative poverty line, even in the presence of some social programs. By our methodology, validated also by assessing of other social benefits (guaranteed minimum income), for highlighting the impact of social benefits groups on relative poverty, we compare the influences of social programs, when these groups of social benefits are and are not included in total income, by processing Household Budget Survey data, of the National Institute of Statistics, in 2008 (only a few benefits are analyzed here).