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

For AlP (Aluminum monophosphide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.007805 -0.010423 -0.023888 -0.006927 -0.020452 -0.020452 -0.022394 -0.249449 -0.249449 -0.036620 -0.101301 -0.011558 -0.105750 -0.087260 -0.013050 -0.110282 -0.091871
MP3=FULL         -0.019730   -0.021686       -0.101067 -0.010793 -0.104921        
MP4=FULL   -0.010079     -0.020066       -0.250052     -0.011048 -0.107662   -0.012573 -0.112192  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.002639 -0.003332 -0.007489 -0.002210 -0.006378 -0.006378 -0.006986 -0.073160 -0.073160 -0.011303 -0.030501 -0.003659 -0.032141   -0.004122 -0.033444  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019849             -0.010939 -0.107192   -0.012456 -0.111653  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.019771                 -0.087549 -0.012367 -0.111251  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019286           -0.101095 -0.010528 -0.104801 -0.085739 -0.011981 -0.109239 -0.090221
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019856           -0.102844 -0.010941 -0.107131 -0.087897 -0.012452 -0.111595 -0.092458
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