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

For PF2+ (Phosphorus difluoride 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001821 -0.010147 -0.017730 -0.006302 -0.017673 -0.017673 -0.019320 -0.161666 -0.161666 -0.036617 -0.214929 -0.064714 -0.011764 -0.068572 -0.115856 -0.014745 -0.075537 -0.118422 -0.015435 -0.079294
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000574 -0.003059 -0.005381 -0.001895 -0.005315 -0.005315 -0.005800 -0.046599 -0.046599 -0.010962 -0.062246 -0.018686 -0.003532 -0.020225   -0.004426 -0.022213   -0.004632 -0.023281
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016997           -0.215881     -0.068552   -0.014099 -0.075709   -0.014791 -0.079544
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016665         -0.035239 -0.213742 -0.064729 -0.010833 -0.067403 -0.116263 -0.013826 -0.074572 -0.118829 -0.014508 -0.078405
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.017015           -0.215862 -0.065475 -0.011083 -0.068574 -0.117883 -0.014123 -0.075739 -0.120462 -0.014817 -0.079578
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ