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

For C2H4 (Ethylene)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000853 -0.003208 -0.003208 -0.002551 -0.009258 -0.009949 -0.010064 -0.036765 -0.037291 -0.013733 -0.043454 -0.043870 -0.033747 -0.004986 -0.030690 -0.055916 -0.005498 -0.035448 -0.057107   -0.070300 -0.095020 -0.030192 -0.005597 -0.036337
MP3=FULL         -0.009179   -0.009989                           -0.074293 -0.098900   -0.005345 -0.037812
MP4=FULL -0.000750 -0.003079 -0.003079 -0.002430 -0.009209 -0.009901 -0.010019 -0.038488 -0.039051 -0.013871 -0.045770 -0.046233   -0.004711 -0.031932 -0.059067 -0.005226 -0.037114 -0.060346   -0.074609 -0.099681   -0.005326 -0.038078
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000258 -0.000962 -0.000962 -0.000763 -0.002747 -0.002945 -0.002979 -0.010533 -0.010692 -0.004031 -0.012531   -0.009678 -0.001491 -0.008929   -0.001644 -0.010282     -0.019892 -0.026999   -0.001674 -0.010534
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                                               -0.005300 -0.038012
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.000725 -0.002993 -0.002993 -0.002358 -0.009080 -0.009756 -0.009874 -0.038165 -0.038714 -0.013668 -0.045213 -0.045662 -0.035376 -0.004612 -0.031582 -0.058332 -0.005118 -0.036737     -0.074223 -0.098792   -0.005217 -0.037691
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.000739 -0.003053 -0.003053 -0.002407 -0.009194 -0.009881 -0.009999 -0.038431 -0.038996 -0.013842 -0.045669 -0.046134 -0.035611 -0.004688 -0.031872 -0.058916 -0.005201 -0.037047 -0.060192 -0.034909 -0.074550 -0.099482   -0.005301 -0.038010
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ