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

For N2O- (Nitrous oxide 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000324 -0.005253 -0.005253 -0.003257 -0.009054 -0.009054 -0.009920 -0.056142 -0.056142 -0.023317 -0.051257 -0.006431 -0.039167 -0.087381 -0.007266 -0.045526 -0.088819
MP3=FULL         -0.008417   -0.049965       -0.052758 -0.005857 -0.039131        
MP4=FULL   -0.004921     -0.008451       -0.057469     -0.005843 -0.039304   -0.006649 -0.045971  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000113 -0.001539 -0.001539 -0.000948 -0.002605 -0.002605 -0.002853 -0.015840 -0.015840 -0.006617 -0.014495 -0.001850 -0.011141   -0.002087 -0.012897  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008274             -0.005717 -0.038657   -0.006485 -0.045213  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008272   -0.009110         -0.005711 -0.038719   -0.006475    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012804         -0.022848 -0.052513 -0.005639 -0.038330 -0.089062 -0.006391 -0.044905  
CCSD(T)=FULL         2.908610           -0.052836 -0.005728 -0.038723 -0.089987 -0.006497 -0.045303 -0.091403
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