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

For C3H4 (cyclopropene)

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 aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001351 -0.004945 -0.004945 -0.003958 -0.014320 -0.015003 -0.015232 -0.055730 -0.056390 -0.022238 -0.066216 -0.050905 -0.007456 -0.046240 -0.083799 -0.008592 -0.054185 -0.085987 -0.008785 -0.055640
MP3=FULL         -0.014159   -0.015083       -0.068941 -0.053345 -0.007032 -0.047728         -0.008352 -0.057812
MP4=FULL   -0.004725     -0.014206       -0.058977   -0.069624   -0.007012 -0.048007   -0.008141 -0.056609   -0.008332 -0.058186
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000409 -0.001484 -0.001484 -0.001185 -0.004245 -0.004440 -0.004508 -0.015973 -0.016173 -0.006520 -0.019093 -0.014600 -0.002232 -0.013466   -0.002570 -0.015725   -0.002628 -0.016137
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014171               -0.006970 -0.047929     -0.056521   -0.008285 -0.058093
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014007         -0.022139 -0.068789 -0.053282 -0.006866 -0.047520 -0.087311 -0.007976 -0.056069   -0.008164 -0.057623
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014177             -0.053641 -0.006972 -0.047932 -0.088185 -0.008096 -0.056523 -0.090506 -0.008286 -0.058094
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 aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ