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

For SeO2+ (Selenium dioxide cation)

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 -0.000418 -0.007589 -0.014416 -0.015465 -0.039539 -0.039539 -0.041622 -0.411687 -0.411687 -0.117536 -0.105007 -0.014388 -0.075716 -0.144415 -0.018119 -0.085913 -0.148533
MP3=FULL         -0.037274   -0.039271       -0.093593 -0.012885 -0.068706        
MP4=FULL   -0.007013     -0.038779       -0.394912     -0.013190 -0.072827   -0.016816 -0.082584  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000132 -0.002248 -0.004381 -0.004594 -0.012277 -0.012277 -0.012891 -0.121418 -0.121418 -0.036305 -0.030795 -0.004354 -0.022443   -0.005456 -0.025311  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.038506             -0.013205 -0.071439   -0.016714 -0.080870  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.037434         -0.110160 -0.096099 -0.012735 -0.069616 -0.135579 -0.016179 -0.079115 -0.139190
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038561           -0.098356 -0.013280 -0.071580 -0.138362 -0.016809 -0.032257 -0.141914
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