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

For NeH+ (neon hydrogen cation)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000010 -0.001882 -0.001882 -0.000930 -0.001531 -0.001547 -0.001885 -0.018966 -0.018989 -0.003438 -0.002083 -0.013558 -0.032882 -0.002265 -0.033258 -0.013558
MP3=FULL         -0.001339   -0.004565                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.001370               -0.033269   -0.033653  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z