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

For Br3- (tribromide anion)

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 -0.000050 -0.009904 -0.030867 -0.030944 -0.081588 -0.081588 -0.083557 -1.183164 -1.183164 -0.245563 -1.324160 -0.196715 -0.023531 -0.136656 -0.242277 -0.030045 -0.147327 -0.247721 -0.031896 -0.153311
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000016 -0.002989 -0.009418 -0.009044 -0.024998 -0.024998 -0.025573 -0.347424 -0.347424 -0.075831 -0.388911 -0.058469 -0.007259 -0.041046   -0.009234 -0.044098   -0.009789 -0.045806
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.078003           -1.223981   -0.021787 -0.126599   -0.028158 -0.136587   -0.029911 -0.142103
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.076242         -0.227486 -1.210791 -0.171783 -0.020652 -0.121651 -0.216035 -0.026686 -0.131510   -0.028376 -0.136990
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.077960           -1.223538 -0.177057 -0.021773 -0.126372 -0.222181 -0.028105 -0.136326   -0.029854 -0.141837
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