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

For CrH (Chromium hydride)

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 -0.052949 -0.088274 -0.088274 -0.098759 -0.151131 -0.151556   -0.410211 -0.410453 -0.213036   -0.187969        
MP3=FULL         -0.157754             -0.175554        
MP4=FULL   -0.099247     -0.162693       -0.409203       -0.198925      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.017291 -0.027855 -0.027855 -0.031651 -0.049126 -0.049310 -0.059630 -0.124364 -0.124587 -0.067853 -0.153113 -0.059331 -0.061337 -0.114343 -0.065189 -0.115414
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.159258         -0.222062   -0.183342        
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.162447             -0.186526        
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