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

For C2H5Br (Ethyl bromide)

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 -0.000947 -0.006611 -0.013562 -0.013337 -0.036951 -0.037919 -0.038756 -0.431690 -0.432452 -0.100437 -0.486383 -0.099811 -0.013341 -0.078099 -0.138244 -0.016459 -0.089883 -0.142301 -0.017409 -0.094179
MP3=FULL         -0.034980   -0.054651                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000288 -0.001976 -0.004122 -0.003932 -0.011225 -0.011503 -0.011750 -0.126469 -0.126696 -0.030607 -0.142572 -0.029323 -0.004059 -0.023149   -0.004998 -0.026478   -0.005284 -0.027712
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.035744               -0.012462 -0.075919   -0.015505 -0.087730      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.035054         -0.094430 -0.450243 -0.093214 -0.012003 -0.073968   -0.014925 -0.085699      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.035723           -0.454851 -0.095183 -0.012451 -0.075831   -0.015483 -0.087632      
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