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

For OClO- (Chlorine dioxide 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000259 -0.007936 -0.015518 -0.004771 -0.015873 -0.015872 -0.017111 -0.086780 -0.086780 -0.036606 -0.141548 -0.061756 -0.010484 -0.058947 -0.122863 -0.012536 -0.064143 -0.124758
MP3=FULL         -0.014458   -0.015651       -0.140036 -0.061401 -0.009238 -0.056915        
MP4=FULL   -0.007354     -0.014687       -0.087253   -0.141497   -0.009421 -0.057790   -0.011424 -0.063102  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000077 -0.002379 -0.004641 -0.001429 -0.004677 -0.004677 -0.005039 -0.024751 -0.024751 -0.010700 -0.040721 -0.017719 -0.003106 -0.017239   -0.003695 -0.018703  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014523           -0.141047   -0.009311 -0.057511   -0.011231 -0.062770  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.014490   -0.015688           -0.009280          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014255         -0.034094 -0.139424 -0.061190 -0.009075 -0.056528 -0.121598 -0.010978 -0.061764 -0.123435
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014546           -0.141057 -0.061887 -0.009324 -0.057536 -0.123367 -0.011252 -0.062808 -0.125217
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