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

For C2H2O2 (Ethanedial)

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 -0.000986 -0.006850 -0.006850 -0.004656 -0.014824 -0.015144 -0.015885 -0.074395 -0.074713 -0.029372 -0.089393 -0.067901 -0.009014 -0.055804 -0.114954 -0.010581 -0.064691 -0.117250 -0.010992 -0.067503
MP3=FULL         -0.014353   -0.029719                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000296 -0.002025 -0.002026 -0.001377 -0.004376 -0.004464 -0.004682 -0.021136 -0.021231 -0.008533 -0.025539 -0.019315 -0.002660 -0.016157   -0.003125 -0.018680   -0.003245 -0.019482
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014361           -0.092778         -0.009891 -0.066475      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014190         -0.029231 -0.091903 -0.070248 -0.008212 -0.056395   -0.009755 -0.066002   -0.010154 -0.069057
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014368           -0.092770 -0.070665 -0.008337 -0.056898 -0.119628 -0.009896 -0.066496 -0.122043 -0.010300 -0.069555
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