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

For PH4+ (phosphonium 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002194 -0.005692 -0.012647 -0.003433 -0.010315 -0.011717 -0.012446 -0.123309 -0.124152 -0.019878 -0.029982 -0.008398 -0.045275 -0.053864 -0.009892 -0.049440 -0.055595 -0.105619 -0.109774
MP3=FULL         -0.009969   -0.013112       -0.029642 -0.007954 -0.044786         -0.105804 -0.109999
MP4=FULL   -0.005386     -0.010108       -0.124290     -0.008104 -0.045729   -0.009614 -0.049978   -0.107260 -0.111498
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000706 -0.001778 -0.003907 -0.001071 -0.003176 -0.003587 -0.003807 -0.035846 -0.036100 -0.006063 -0.008967 -0.002591 -0.013591   -0.003044 -0.014783   -0.031236 -0.032417
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010091             -0.008080 -0.045667   -0.009587 -0.049907   -0.107145 -0.111370
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010074   -0.012210         -0.008057 -0.045567 -0.054710 -0.009559 -0.049803 -0.038643    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009847         -0.019019 -0.029591 -0.007840 -0.044734 -0.053705 -0.009311 -0.048953 -0.055382 -0.105651 -0.109845
CCSD(T)=FULL         3.789748           -0.030158 -0.008079 -0.045650 -0.054804 -0.009585 -0.049889   -0.107109 -0.111333
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 aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z