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

For CH2BrCBr3 (1,1,1,2-tetrabromo ethane)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000982 -0.016948 -0.045451 -0.046295 -0.122343 -0.122812 -0.126913 -1.616480 -1.616873 -0.360534 -1.816118 -0.298727 -0.037758 -0.218136 -0.383324 -0.048821 -0.249959
MP3=FULL         -0.114528   -0.118950       -1.615015 -0.256513 -0.033103 -0.192383      
MP4=FULL   -0.016183     -0.060069               -0.035875        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000304 -0.005125 -0.013851 -0.013630 -0.037372 -0.037507 -0.038721 -0.474316 -0.474430 -0.110385 -0.533030 -0.088448 -0.011579 -0.065111   -0.014913 -0.074132
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.117659               -0.035129        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.115126         -0.335469   -0.267078 -0.033497 -0.198193 -0.350456 -0.043768  
CCSD(T)=FULL                         -0.062425        
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