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

For CH3NH3 (methyl ammonium radical)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003374 -0.003374 -0.002450 -0.007838 -0.008738 -0.009110 -0.037084 -0.037894 -0.017054 -0.044552 -0.034354 -0.005203 -0.031220 -0.058478 -0.005967 -0.036264 -0.059779
MP3=FULL       -0.007625   -0.008911       -0.046156 -0.035773 -0.004902 -0.032018        
MP4=FULL -0.003224     -0.007638       -0.039314   -0.046508   -0.004864 -0.032174   -0.005627 -0.037639  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001002 -0.001002 -0.000726 -0.002309 -0.002564 -0.002671 -0.010562 -0.010802 -0.004925 -0.012751 -0.009802 -0.001536 -0.009026   -0.001762 -0.010452  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL       -0.007621           -0.046394   -0.004838 -0.032096   -0.005595 -0.037543  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL       -0.007537         -0.017186 -0.046003 -0.035700 -0.004777 -0.031843   -0.005528    
CCSD(T)=FULL       -0.007624           -0.046389 -0.035908 -0.004838 -0.032098 -0.061142 -0.005595 -0.037544  
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