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

For N2H2 ((E)-diazene)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000367 -0.003448 -0.003448 -0.002237 -0.006339 -0.006655 -0.006982 -0.037188 -0.037478 -0.016077 -0.034151 -0.004469 -0.027041 -0.057922 -0.004955 -0.031801 -0.058813 -0.027041 -0.071715 -0.099455
MP3=FULL         -0.006007   -0.015475       -0.035322 -0.004145 -0.027465              
MP4=FULL   -0.003232     -0.005972       -0.038540     -0.004084 -0.027438   -0.004565 -0.032530        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000110 -0.001017 -0.001017 -0.000658 -0.001866 -0.001956 -0.002051 -0.010553 -0.010639 -0.004649 -0.009701 -0.001317 -0.007851   -0.001462 -0.009196        
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005958   -0.006594         -0.004067 -0.027415   -0.004546 -0.032520        
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.005958   -0.006592         -0.004062 -0.027411   -0.004539 -0.032520        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005887         -0.016153 -0.035187 -0.004010 -0.027181 -0.059584 -0.004483 -0.032305 -0.060512      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005962           -0.035410 -0.004069 -0.027419 -0.060186 -0.004548 -0.032525   -0.027419 -0.075083 -0.103245
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ