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

For N2H2+ (trans-diazene 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000410 -0.003484 -0.003484 -0.002252 -0.006451 -0.006736 -0.007067 -0.037224 -0.037522 -0.016414 -0.044606 -0.034133 -0.004498 -0.027679 -0.058162 -0.005009 -0.032327 -0.059137
MP3=FULL         -0.006146   -0.006773       -0.046084 -0.035347 -0.004205 -0.028232        
MP4=FULL   -0.003296     -0.006131       -0.038668   -0.046350   -0.004161 -0.028212   -0.004665 -0.033196  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000123 -0.001031 -0.001031 -0.000665 -0.001903 -0.001984 -0.002081 -0.010572 -0.010660 -0.004754 -0.012751 -0.009703 -0.001329 -0.008038   -0.001481 -0.009348  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006117           -0.046272   -0.004145 -0.028208   -0.004648 -0.033193  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006115   -0.006733       -0.046245   -0.004138 -0.028199 -0.060517 -0.004640 -0.032791 -0.061955
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006039         -0.016540 -0.045815 -0.035227 -0.004083 -0.027958 -0.059923 -0.004581 -0.032936 -0.061201
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006121           -0.046261 -0.035455 -0.004147 -0.028212 -0.060541 -0.004650 -0.033197 -0.061567
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