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

For CH2NH2+ (methyleneamine cation)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000662 -0.003405 -0.003405 -0.002445 -0.008008 -0.008677 -0.008902 -0.037091 -0.037705 -0.015934 -0.034175 -0.005032 -0.030540 -0.057828 -0.005669 -0.034842 -0.058994 -0.030540
MP3=FULL         -0.007807   -0.010586       -0.035617 -0.004755 -0.031351          
MP4=FULL   -0.003247     -0.007823       -0.039161     -0.004728 -0.031502   -0.005365 -0.036154    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000199 -0.001012 -0.001013 -0.000725 -0.002363 -0.002556 -0.002621 -0.010571 -0.010754 -0.004626 -0.009753 -0.001490 -0.008845   -0.001679 -0.010063    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007805             -0.004705 -0.031450   -0.005339 -0.036097    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007807   -0.008704         -0.004702 -0.031455   -0.005335 -0.036101    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007714         -0.015996 -0.035547 -0.004637 -0.031169 -0.059949 -0.005264 -0.035798 -0.061308  
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.296896           -0.035766 -0.004705 -0.031450 -0.060523 -0.005340 -0.036096 -0.061759  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z