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

For PF3CH2 (phosphorane, trifluoromethylene-)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002642 -0.014011 -0.021336 -0.009211 -0.026779 -0.027199 -0.029099 -0.199102 -0.199408 -0.053315 -0.099301 -0.017762 -0.100420 -0.023108 -0.113700
MP3=FULL         -0.025853   -0.028177       -0.100713 -0.016670 -0.100042    
MP4=FULL   -0.013127     -0.026157       -0.201122     -0.016763 -0.101197 -0.022137 -0.114986
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000831 -0.004200 -0.006443 -0.002762 -0.008005 -0.008125 -0.008681 -0.057194 -0.057288 -0.015839 -0.028507 -0.005304 -0.029386 -0.006906 -0.033172
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026104             -0.016731 -0.101089 -0.022126 -0.114890
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.025687         -0.052247 -0.100575 -0.016437 -0.099764 -0.021790 -0.113552
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026123           -0.073194 -0.016748 -0.101108 -0.022152 -0.073186
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ