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

For SiF2+ (Silicon difluoride cation)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002919 -0.009777 -0.016309 -0.006283 -0.015765 -0.015765 -0.017817 -0.160856 -0.160856 -0.033738 -0.066868 -0.010981 -0.081335 -0.013146 -0.087555
MP3=FULL         -0.015342   -0.017408       -0.067681 -0.010483 -0.081359    
MP4=FULL   -0.009380     -0.015721       -0.162151     -0.010613 -0.082764 -0.012860 -0.089156
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000960 -0.002996 -0.005041 -0.001927 -0.004816 -0.004816 -0.005428 -0.046657 -0.046657 -0.010225 -0.019465 -0.003339 -0.024165 -0.003993 -0.025952
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015694             -0.010604 -0.082719 -0.012849 -0.089135
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015382         -0.033724 -0.067808 -0.010401 -0.081528 -0.012600 -0.087968
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015697           -0.068539 -0.010618 -0.082715 -0.012861 -0.089137
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ