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

For OBrO (Bromine dioxide 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000246 -0.007105 -0.014139 -0.013571 -0.033947 -0.033947 -0.035665 -0.429361 -0.429361 -0.101792     -0.012797 -0.072313   -0.016205 -0.081216    
MP3=FULL         -0.031819   -0.033495       -0.437484 -0.090977 -0.011377 -0.065940       -0.015663 -0.079929
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000074 -0.002109 -0.004270 -0.003978 -0.010311 -0.010311 -0.010813 -0.125644 -0.125644 -0.031020 -0.142117 -0.029500 -0.003851 -0.021353   -0.004864 -0.023885 -0.005227 -0.025617
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.032488               -0.011684 -0.068577          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.031868               -0.011327 -0.066894          
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.032561               -0.011745 -0.068639 -0.137072 -0.015024 -0.077145    
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ