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

For C4H8O2 (Ethyl acetate)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001981 -0.010297 -0.010297 -0.007522 -0.024849 -0.026326 -0.027252 -0.112009 -0.113147 -0.049019 -0.134516 -0.102571 -0.014961 -0.090142 -0.173202 -0.017602 -0.105846 -0.177359 -0.018259 -0.109647
MP3=FULL         -0.024291   -0.026708         -0.106703 -0.014053 -0.092276            
MP4=FULL   -0.009811     -0.024397       -0.117295       -0.014013              
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000597 -0.003059 -0.003059 -0.002233 -0.007330 -0.007753 -0.008023 -0.031899 -0.032239 -0.014204 -0.038505 -0.029253 -0.004425 -0.026072   -0.005207 -0.030520   -0.005400 -0.031609
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.024320               -0.013934              
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL                       -0.106545 -0.013751 -0.091756            
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024329             -0.144745 -0.013937 -0.024510            
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ