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

For GaF+ (Gallium monofluoride 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001802 -0.005097 -0.010600 -0.016799 -0.029835 -0.029835 -0.031708 -0.424551 -0.424551 -0.084719 -0.158041 -0.009333 -0.060472 -0.107769 -0.011318 -0.065077 -0.112559
MP3=FULL         -0.029552   -0.031365       -0.126417 -0.008434 -0.051960        
MP4=FULL   -0.004929     -0.031927       -0.413868     -0.009277 -0.061027   -0.011289 -0.065549  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000902 -0.001581 -0.003400 -0.005216 -0.009906 -0.009906 -0.010517 -0.129766 -0.129766 -0.028290 -0.047688 -0.003006 -0.018574   -0.003612 -0.019938  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.031899             -0.009133 -0.057323   -0.011070 -0.061523  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.031636                 -0.098308 -0.010875 -0.059703  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.030923         -0.083684 -0.138400 -0.008719 -0.055044 -0.097827 -0.010561 -0.059161 -0.101824
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.031856           -0.140539 -0.009118 -0.057116 -0.100405 -0.011048 -0.061309 -0.104424
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