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

For BrOBr (Bromine oxide)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000154 -0.008458 -0.022298 -0.022309 -0.057206 -0.057206 -0.059270 -0.806231 -0.806232 -0.173129 -0.017977   -0.022991  
MP3=FULL         -0.053741   -0.093986              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.054977           -0.016592 -0.097003 -0.021472 -0.107721
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ