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

For CH3C(OH)=NH (Ethaninidic acid)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001187 -0.006915 -0.006915 -0.004883 -0.015675 -0.016550 -0.017119 -0.074863 -0.075535 -0.032711 -0.089813 -0.068492 -0.009769 -0.059233 -0.011376 -0.068903 -0.011693 -0.071560
MP3=FULL         -0.015192   -0.016644       -0.092803 -0.071110 -0.009125 -0.060422     -0.011035  
MP4=FULL   -0.006557     -0.015250       -0.078127   -0.093468   -0.009092 -0.060642 -0.010687 -0.070973 -0.011001 -0.073814
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000357 -0.002051 -0.002051 -0.001447 -0.004619 -0.004870 -0.005036 -0.021303 -0.021504 -0.009474 -0.025693 -0.019515 -0.002886 -0.017138 -0.003362 -0.019873 -0.003455 -0.020624
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015204           -0.093313   -0.009044 -0.060559 -0.010630 -0.071005 -0.010943 -0.073868
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015035         -0.032738 -0.092474 -0.070986 -0.008925 -0.060069 -0.010494 -0.071438 -0.010804  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015209           -0.093304 -0.071397 -0.009045 -0.024011 -0.010632 -0.106526 -0.010945 -0.110330
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ