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

For C6H4Cl2 (1,4-dichlorobenzene)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002893 -0.019196 -0.034353 -0.014051 -0.050625 -0.051325 -0.053307 -0.211446 -0.212058 -0.090763 -0.326924 -0.157436 -0.027687 -0.161801 -0.032553 -0.187807
MP3=FULL         -0.048371   -0.051013       -0.325892 -0.159963 -0.025102 -0.160837    
MP4=FULL   -0.018169     -0.048961       -0.217005       -0.025522 -0.163045    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000881 -0.005800 -0.010329 -0.004233 -0.015070 -0.015272 -0.015863 -0.060769 -0.060952 -0.026764 -0.094604 -0.045534 -0.008332 -0.047485 -0.009785 -0.054864
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.048763           -0.329638   -0.025353 -0.162575    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.047948         -0.085949 -0.325849 -0.159817 -0.024748 -0.160372    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.048763           -0.329563 -0.161478 -0.025344      
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ