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

For HFCO+ (formyl fluoride 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 -0.000467 -0.005200 -0.005200 -0.003284 -0.009596 -0.009754 -0.010489 -0.055651 -0.055828 -0.019481 -0.050678 -0.006477 -0.040311 -0.088340 -0.007663 -0.045722 -0.089818
MP3=FULL         -0.009203   -0.010098       -0.052259 -0.006031 -0.040613        
MP4=FULL   -0.004910     -0.009281       -0.057255     -0.006038 -0.040704   -0.007225 -0.046483  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000141 -0.001529 -0.001529 -0.000967 -0.002820 -0.002864 -0.003075 -0.015735 -0.015787 -0.005638 -0.014346 -0.001896 -0.011604   -0.002246 -0.013134  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009238             -0.006004 -0.040679   -0.007186 -0.046476  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009238   -0.010129         -0.006001 -0.040704   -0.007182    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009129         -0.019225 -0.052169 -0.005923 -0.040331 -0.090520 -0.007092 -0.046127  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009241           -0.052434 -0.006005 -0.040689 -0.091296 -0.007187 -0.046488  
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