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

For (CH3)3NH+ (protonated trimethyl amine)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001614 -0.006815 -0.006815 -0.005286 -0.017766 -0.019595 -0.019955 -0.074374 -0.075745 -0.036307 -0.068746 -0.010857 -0.063644 -0.012492 -0.074985
MP3=FULL         -0.017477   -0.019683       -0.071836 -0.010284 -0.065507    
MP4=FULL   -0.006540     -0.017534       -0.078939     -0.010241 -0.065912 -0.011870 -0.078221
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000485 -0.002033 -0.002033 -0.001574 -0.005243 -0.005769 -0.005876 -0.021237 -0.021648 -0.010499 -0.019666 -0.003222 -0.018420 -0.003707 -0.021636
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.017490             -0.010184 -0.065793 -0.011808 -0.078091
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.017304         -0.036688 -0.071731 -0.010045 -0.065219 -0.011651 -0.077454
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.017496           -0.072166 -0.010185 -0.065795 -0.011809 -0.073886
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ