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

For BH2+ (Boron dihydride 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000452 -0.001084 -0.001084 -0.001114 -0.003923 -0.004128 -0.004210 -0.016483 -0.016624 -0.003933 -0.015131 -0.001329 -0.011258 -0.023195 -0.001603 -0.013159 -0.023841
MP3=FULL         -0.004031   -0.004595                    
MP4=FULL   -0.001056     -0.004034       -0.017860     -0.001274 -0.011883   -0.001561 -0.014000  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.003971           -0.016295 -0.001234 -0.011740 -0.024705 -0.001515 -0.013850 -0.025397
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004021           -0.016389 -0.001264 -0.011856 -0.024915 -0.001549 -0.013973 -0.025610
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