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

For CCO (Dicarbon monoxide)

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-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000717 -0.004838 -0.004838 -0.003444 -0.011750 -0.011750 -0.012306 -0.055101 -0.055101 -0.020462 -0.050154 -0.006113 -0.038488 -0.082784 -0.007169 -0.044850 -0.084267 -0.146245
MP3=FULL         -0.011503   -0.021638       -0.052252 -0.005709 -0.039227          
MP4=FULL   -0.004592     -0.011488       -0.057090     -0.005650 -0.039185   -0.006696 -0.045998   -0.152425
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000219 -0.001443 -0.001443 -0.001026 -0.003476 -0.003476 -0.003638 -0.015703 -0.015703 -0.005966 -0.014300 -0.001817 -0.011205   -0.002130 -0.013005   -0.041389
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011438             -0.005608 -0.039166   -0.006651 -0.046000   -0.152205
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.011441   -0.012000         -0.005604 -0.039191 -0.087701 -0.006645 -0.046041    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011321           -0.052102 -0.005535 -0.038850 -0.085543 -0.006568 -0.045732 -0.087104  
CCSD(T)=FULL         2.211037           -0.052403 -0.005612 -0.039183 -0.086361 -0.006655 -0.046026 -0.087921 -0.152180
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-pCVTZ