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

For ClCO (carbonyl monochloride)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001229 -0.006631 -0.014994 -0.005019 -0.017192 -0.017192 -0.018236 -0.085940 -0.085940 -0.034338 -0.060893 -0.010199 -0.059229 -0.119194 -0.012033 -0.065750 -0.121193
MP3=FULL         -0.016077   -0.017093       -0.061056 -0.009097 -0.057701        
MP4=FULL   -0.007149     -0.016259       -0.086981     -0.009229 -0.058388   -0.011053 -0.065218  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000141 -0.002308 -0.004542 -0.001298 -0.005119 -0.005119 -0.005429 -0.024616 -0.024616 -0.010096 -0.017568 -0.003057 -0.017409   -0.003604 -0.019256  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016197             -0.009178 -0.058275   -0.010985 -0.065127  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.016169   -0.017206         -0.009147     -0.010935 -0.066544  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015893           -0.060907 -0.008933 -0.057314 -0.118522 -0.010694 -0.064180 -0.120530
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016196           -0.061565 -0.009175 -0.058268 -0.120238 -0.010977 -0.065125 -0.122263
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ