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

For Li2F2 (Lithium fluoride dimer)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000801 -0.004443 -0.004443 -0.002959 -0.008096 -0.008096 -0.015399 -0.065577 -0.065577 -0.020995 -0.079016 -0.060316 -0.006995 -0.054503 -0.101220 -0.020265 -0.060319 -0.106285 -0.026871 -0.064306
MP3=FULL         -0.007708   -0.016297       -0.083971 -0.064167 -0.006665 -0.058087         -0.029510 -0.069065
MP4=FULL   -0.004180     -0.007860       -0.070559   -0.084755   -0.006688 -0.058857   -0.022071 -0.065281   -0.029975 -0.069740
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000283 -0.001324 -0.001324 -0.000897 -0.002471 -0.002471 -0.004728 -0.018974 -0.018974 -0.006347 -0.022980 -0.017464 -0.002117 -0.016147   -0.006224 -0.017914   -0.008225 -0.019112
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007822           -0.084974   -0.006678 -0.059041   -0.022269 -0.065519   -0.030115 -0.070003
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007730         -0.021348 -0.084423 -0.064771 -0.006629   -0.107707 -0.022224 -0.065101   -0.029954  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007817           -0.084972 -0.064969 -0.006676 -0.059039 -0.108496 -0.022280 -0.065521 -0.114373 -0.030111 -0.070004
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ