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

For HCCNH2 (Ethynamine)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001014 -0.005041 -0.005041 -0.003786 -0.013270 -0.013864 -0.014200 -0.056087 -0.056592 -0.024017 -0.067008 -0.051338 -0.007351 -0.044928 -0.008430 -0.051839
MP3=FULL         -0.013043   -0.013982       -0.069547 -0.053575 -0.006912 -0.046167    
MP4=FULL   -0.004807     -0.013030       -0.058900   -0.070190   -0.006876 -0.046346 -0.007956 -0.053801
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000306 -0.001506 -0.001506 -0.001127 -0.003942 -0.004112 -0.004210 -0.016037 -0.016190 -0.007018 -0.019276 -0.014690 -0.002193 -0.013084 -0.002515 -0.015037
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013004           -0.070029   -0.006841 -0.046276 -0.007912 -0.053720
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012887         -0.024027 -0.069332 -0.053487 -0.006746 -0.045892 -0.007803 -0.053301
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013011           -0.070014 -0.053818 -0.006842 -0.046280 -0.007913 -0.053722
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