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

For CHBr2 (dibromomethyl radical)

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 -0.000386 -0.008246 -0.022119 -0.022542 -0.059711 -0.059934 -0.061522 -0.807387 -0.807596 -0.175341 -0.905901 -0.148107 -0.018306 -0.106307 -0.022806 -0.118372
MP3=FULL         -0.056002   -0.057761       -0.806028 -0.127252 -0.016053 -0.093776    
MP4=FULL   -0.007892     -0.058006       -0.761270   -0.853976   -0.017405 -0.102955 -0.021924 -0.114817
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000124 -0.002499 -0.006754 -0.006640 -0.018268 -0.018332 -0.018800 -0.236912 -0.236974 -0.053864 -0.265907 -0.043884 -0.005631 -0.031809 -0.006992 -0.035271
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.057496               -0.017065 -0.100043 -0.021444 -0.111624
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.056261         -0.162928 -0.831186 -0.132515 -0.016260 -0.096615 -0.020429 -0.108086
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.057454           -0.839794 -0.136124 -0.017043 -0.099874 -0.021402 -0.111439
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