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

For SeF4 (Selenium tetrafluoride)

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 -0.000370 -0.011506 -0.019038 -0.018010 -0.047286 -0.047286 -0.050677 -0.448302 -0.448302 -0.129104 -0.513208 -0.141100 -0.019507 -0.104834 -0.025278 -0.121566
MP3=FULL         -0.044898   -0.048240       -0.469935 -0.129944 -0.017622 -0.097293    
MP4=FULL   -0.010610     -0.046307       -0.431386   -0.494622   -0.018118 -0.101819 -0.023737 -0.117957
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000119 -0.003370 -0.005713 -0.005338 -0.014559 -0.014559 -0.015554 -0.131539 -0.131539 -0.039661 -0.150609 -0.040904 -0.005834 -0.030740 -0.007549 -0.035443
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.046238           -0.487765   -0.018048 -0.100443 -0.023664 -0.116481
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.045163         -0.121773 -0.482074 -0.132621 -0.017551 -0.098409 -0.023070 -0.114557
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.046279           -0.487674 -0.134791 -0.018076 -0.100454 -0.023704 -0.116523
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