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

For Br2- (bromine diatomic anion)

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 0.000000 -0.006435 -0.020078 -0.020125 -0.053144 -0.053144 -0.054416 -0.788373 -0.788373 -0.161621 -0.881633 -0.130182 -0.015295 -0.089410 -0.160541 -0.019424 -0.095520 -0.163595 -0.020415 -0.098180
MP3=FULL         -0.049560   -0.095712       -0.781273 -0.108654 -0.013254 -0.076899         -0.017807 -0.084628
MP4=FULL   -0.006106     -0.051245       -0.741096       -0.014427 -0.085630   -0.018654     -0.019620 -0.094126
B2PLYP=FULL 0.000000 -0.001947 -0.006130 -0.005881 -0.016272 -0.016272 -0.016647 -0.231489 -0.231489 -0.049917 -0.258947 -0.038712 -0.004720 -0.026889   -0.005972 -0.028633   -0.006268 -0.029378
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.050927           -0.815222   -0.014195 -0.082976   -0.018251 -0.088721   -0.019194 -0.091166
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.049828         -0.150125 -0.806648 -0.113850 -0.013472 -0.079681 -0.143290 -0.017300 -0.085303 -0.146120 -0.018200 -0.087721
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.050892           -0.814905 -0.117305 -0.014182 -0.082811 -0.147354 -0.018208 -0.088527 -0.150219 -0.019147 -0.090970
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