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

For CHOOCHO (diformyl ether)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001062 -0.008750 -0.008750 -0.005803 -0.017984 -0.018329 -0.019336 -0.093389 -0.093732 -0.038403 -0.112923 -0.085276 -0.011407 -0.069893 -0.013606 -0.080660 -0.014115 -0.084554
MP3=FULL         -0.017342   -0.018710       -0.116434 -0.088199 -0.010633 -0.071044     -0.013344 -0.086837
MP4=FULL   -0.008287     -0.017419       -0.096501   -0.117043   -0.010602 -0.071024 -0.012796 -0.082567 -0.013299 -0.085719
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000317 -0.002584 -0.002584 -0.001713 -0.005297 -0.005395 -0.005688 -0.026488 -0.026590 -0.011117 -0.032205 -0.024219 -0.003355 -0.020198 -0.004007 -0.023245 -0.004155 -0.024342
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.017349           -0.116938   -0.010546 -0.071047 -0.012732 -0.082621 -0.013234 -0.086823
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.017166         -0.038348 -0.115919 -0.088026 -0.010415 -0.070509 -0.012584 -0.082100   -0.086269
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.017360           -0.116934 -0.088510 -0.010552 -0.071077 -0.012739 -0.082657 -0.013240 -0.086856
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ