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

For BH3PH3 (borane phosphine)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002837 -0.007137 -0.014403 -0.004915 -0.015818 -0.017319 -0.018035 -0.141296 -0.142115 -0.028342 -0.188078 -0.046795 -0.010587 -0.061873 -0.080452 -0.012836 -0.068847 -0.083068 -0.122903 -0.369619 -0.013149 -0.070588
MP3=FULL         -0.015444   -0.017634       -0.187786 -0.047465 -0.009967 -0.061946         -0.123383   -0.012498 -0.070966
MP4=FULL   -0.006810     -0.015655       -0.143358   -0.189793   -0.010143 -0.063119   -0.012415     -0.125118 -0.375513 -0.012729 -0.072248
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000912 -0.002225 -0.004446 -0.001528 -0.004830 -0.005266 -0.005483 -0.041062 -0.041309 -0.008568 -0.054866 -0.013847 -0.003260 -0.018433   -0.003941 -0.020446   -0.036269 -0.106124 -0.004035 -0.020989
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015625           -0.189590   -0.010100 -0.062990   -0.012364 -0.070316   -0.124903 -0.375205 -0.012676 -0.072109
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015290         -0.027217 -0.187662 -0.047448 -0.009809 -0.061849   -0.012021 -0.069132   -0.123176 -0.372198 -0.012327 -0.070907
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015626           -0.189561 -0.048150 -0.010098 -0.062969 -0.083005 -0.012359 -0.070293 -0.085631 -0.124863 -0.375173 -0.012671 -0.072085
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ