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

For C3F6 (hexafluoropropene)

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 -0.001401 -0.016278 -0.016278 -0.010519 -0.029945 -0.029945 -0.032815 -0.169815 -0.169815 -0.060140 -0.208809 -0.153469 -0.019974 -0.122971 -0.024416 -0.142155
MP3=FULL         -0.028573   -0.031432       -0.213785 -0.157538 -0.018426 -0.123202    
MP4=FULL   -0.015167     -0.028902       -0.173440       -0.018507 -0.079974 -0.022921 -0.142336
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000419 -0.004763 -0.004763 -0.003082 -0.008754 -0.008754 -0.009573 -0.047920 -0.047920 -0.017309 -0.059161 -0.043352 -0.005814 -0.035297 -0.007119 -0.040693
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.028706           -0.216673   -0.018380 -0.048128 -0.022765 -0.173495
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.028395         -0.059218 -0.212876 -0.157332 -0.018161 -0.122482 -0.022508  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.028712           -0.141483 -0.158094 -0.018382 -0.145983 -0.023368  
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