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

For NaO (sodium monoxide)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.039929 -0.002924 -0.006212 -0.014580 -0.004954 -0.004954 -0.006136 -0.149289 -0.149289 -0.022952 -0.101473 -0.009550 -0.031124 -0.041413 -0.004971 -0.025582 -0.053896 -0.333618
MP3=FULL         -0.004729   -0.022579       -0.092095 -0.002959 -0.023242         -0.338271
MP4=FULL   -0.002623     -0.014688       -0.151230     -0.003013 -0.023835   -0.004832 -0.026818   -0.342635
B2PLYP=FULL -0.013334 -0.000891 -0.001042 -0.000817 -0.012817 -0.001468 -0.012262 -0.045366 -0.056256 -0.004954 -0.028239 -0.001016 -0.017110   -0.001654 -0.007971   -0.098886
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014819             -0.003020 -0.023898   -0.004856 -0.026898   -0.342491
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004387   -0.005188         -0.003011 -0.023853 -0.043472 -0.004861 -0.026861 -0.056626  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014477         -0.016046 -0.093629 -0.002959 -0.023460 -0.042929 -0.004795 -0.026436 -0.056189 -0.338581
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004405           -0.095187 -0.003017 -0.023880 -0.043482 -0.004861 -0.026887 -0.056860 -0.342401
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pCVTZ