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

For C3H7 (n-Propyl radical)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001286 -0.004848 -0.004848 -0.003883 -0.013893 -0.015133 -0.015300 -0.055358 -0.056331 -0.023923 -0.065593 -0.050888 -0.007700 -0.047240 -0.084613 -0.008720 -0.055478 -0.086660 -0.047240 -0.008923 -0.056796
MP3=FULL         -0.013793   -0.020731         -0.053400 -0.007308             -0.008492  
MP4=FULL   -0.004667     -0.013833       -0.058946   -0.068940   -0.007278     -0.008294 -0.057757     -0.008497 -0.059285
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000390 -0.001459 -0.001453 -0.001161 -0.004119 -0.004466 -0.004527 -0.015849 -0.016142 -0.006874 -0.018876 -0.014589 -0.002296 -0.013695   -0.002599 -0.016048     -0.002660 -0.016422
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014113               -0.007237     -0.008254 -0.058230     -0.008119 -0.059455
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014007         -0.023694   -0.053338 -0.007131     -0.009907       -0.010030  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014120           -0.049337 -0.053662 -0.007237     -0.024464   -0.090320   -0.008438 -0.079846
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ