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

For C2H3- (vinyl anion)

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 -0.000735 -0.003121 -0.003121 -0.002469 -0.008949 -0.009403 -0.009578 -0.036527 -0.036926 -0.012665 -0.033409 -0.004536 -0.028559 -0.054615 -0.005066 -0.033787 -0.055721
MP3=FULL         -0.008854   -0.009482       -0.035054 -0.004261 -0.029398        
MP4=FULL   -0.002982     -0.008867       -0.038609     -0.004220 -0.029534   -0.004753 -0.035233  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000221 -0.000935 -0.000935 -0.000738 -0.002652 -0.002780 -0.002833 -0.010457 -0.010579 -0.003712 -0.009574 -0.001354 -0.008310   -0.001514 -0.009800  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008840             -0.004193 -0.029458   -0.004721 -0.035150  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008844   -0.009470         -0.004188 -0.029460   -0.004714 -0.035154  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008737         -0.012507 -0.034989 -0.004130 -0.029204 -0.056867 -0.004648 -0.034867  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008844           -0.035219 -0.004194 -0.029461 -0.057436 -0.004722 -0.035154 -0.058611
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