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

For C2H2O (Oxirene)

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 -0.000920 -0.005052 -0.005052 -0.003629 -0.012001 -0.012335 -0.012863 -0.055577 -0.055982 -0.020490 -0.066384 -0.050841 -0.006821 -0.042540 -0.084913 -0.007941 -0.048998 -0.086890 -0.008206 -0.050939
MP3=FULL         -0.011710   -0.012589       -0.068783 -0.052891 -0.006383 -0.043535         -0.007770 -0.052593
MP4=FULL   -0.004777     -0.011741       -0.058024   -0.069254   -0.006348 -0.043641   -0.007456 -0.050568   -0.007719 -0.052670
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000277 -0.001503 -0.001503 -0.001078 -0.003549 -0.003646 -0.003800 -0.015834 -0.015959 -0.005985 -0.019025 -0.014498 -0.002025 -0.012358   -0.002360 -0.014186   -0.002437 -0.014735
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011699           -0.069154   -0.006308 -0.043596   -0.007414 -0.050537   -0.007676 -0.052646
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011558         -0.020290 -0.068464 -0.052760 -0.006215 -0.043218 -0.087779 -0.007314 -0.050151 -0.089277 -0.007571 -0.052256
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.011705           -0.069147 -0.053104 -0.006311 -0.043606 -0.088684 -0.007418 -0.050550 -0.090773 -0.007679 -0.052661
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