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

For SF2 (sulfur difluoride)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000632 -0.009060 -0.016875 -0.005427 -0.016230 -0.016230 -0.017720 -0.158072 -0.158072 -0.033803 -0.213206 -0.062879 -0.011042 -0.061044 -0.121980 -0.013472 -0.066821 -0.123329 -0.126009 -0.131660 -0.355632 -0.440382 -0.014168 -0.070201
MP3=FULL         -0.015219   -0.042545       -0.211623 -0.062747 -0.010104 -0.059634         -0.124310 -0.130183 -0.355140 -0.442518 -0.013217 -0.069078
MP4=FULL   -0.008334     -0.015301       -0.157863   -0.213059   -0.010135 -0.060263   -0.012555 -0.066149   -0.125512 -0.131310 -0.357211 -0.444828 -0.013236 -0.069578
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000196 -0.002669 -0.005072 -0.001618 -0.004842 -0.004842 -0.005278 -0.045250 -0.045250 -0.010038 -0.061365 -0.018066 -0.003295 -0.017899   -0.004018 -0.019547   -0.036821 -0.038416 -0.101637 -0.125220 -0.004223 -0.020502
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015239           -0.212689   -0.010104 -0.060157   -0.012539 -0.066077   -0.125175 -0.131005 -0.356616 -0.444249 -0.013222 -0.069517
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014960         -0.031781 -0.210744 -0.062444 -0.009878 -0.059165 -0.121401 -0.012285 -0.065091 -0.122747 -0.123622 -0.129448 -0.353747 -0.440867 -0.012956 -0.068540
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015252           -0.212683 -0.063121 -0.010113 -0.060170 -0.123055 -0.012551 -0.066096 -0.124404 -0.125166 -0.130999 -0.356583 -0.444240 -0.013236 -0.069543
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ