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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For HCOOC2H5 (Ethyl formate)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001499 -0.008610 -0.008610 -0.006134 -0.019878 -0.020951 -0.021779 -0.093207 -0.094093 -0.039461 -0.112150 -0.085392 -0.012219 -0.073898 -0.014346 -0.086108
MP3=FULL         -0.019366   -0.021283       -0.115978 -0.088712 -0.011464 -0.075517    
MP4=FULL   -0.008193     -0.019458       -0.097383       -0.011432   -0.015697  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000451 -0.002554 -0.002554 -0.001819 -0.005861 -0.006169 -0.006410 -0.026515 -0.026779 -0.011437 -0.032072 -0.024327 -0.003609 -0.021367 -0.004239 -0.024827
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019391               -0.011367 -0.075678 -0.013475 -0.088718
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL                         -0.011218      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019399           -0.073019 -0.089257 -0.012866 -0.075696 -0.015254 -0.044512
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ