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

For CHBr2F (dibromofluoromethane)

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 -0.000494 -0.010206 -0.024138 -0.023880 -0.062551 -0.062794 -0.065022 -0.826667 -0.826888 -0.182386 -0.930332 -0.165581 -0.020584 -0.119933 -0.025984 -0.135121 -0.027734 -0.142724
MP3=FULL         -0.058570   -0.060981       -0.830624 -0.144887 -0.018120 -0.107221     -0.024608 -0.128516
MP4=FULL   -0.009662     -0.060606       -0.780618   -0.878711   -0.019457 -0.116418 -0.024860   -0.026569  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000151 -0.003061 -0.007331 -0.007020 -0.019089 -0.019159 -0.019810 -0.242326 -0.242390 -0.055839 -0.272792 -0.048771 -0.006278 -0.035693 -0.007902 -0.040015 -0.008430 -0.042195
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.060104           -0.864891   -0.019113   -0.024369 -0.128244 -0.026045 -0.135444
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.058826         -0.169986 -0.855787 -0.150091 -0.018282 -0.109946 -0.023321 -0.124595 -0.024935 -0.131802
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.060062           -0.864572 -0.153805 -0.019093 -0.075046 -0.024328 -0.128067 -0.026002 -0.131942
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