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

For SiF5- (silicon pentafluoride anion)

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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003556 -0.016679 -0.023332 -0.011097 -0.027303 -0.027303 -0.030761 -0.218054 -0.218054 -0.057503 -0.281660 -0.119550 -0.019776   -0.026470 -0.140786 -0.051472 -0.174971 -0.189911 -0.213651 -0.381084 -0.388143
MP3=FULL         -0.026260   -0.029772       -0.283669 -0.121112 -0.018651 -0.125499     -0.051476 -0.175505 -0.190921 -0.214962 -0.383446 -0.390864
MP4=FULL   -0.015754     -0.026808       -0.219751   -0.286155   -0.018801 -0.126993 -0.025686 -0.142140 -0.052301 -0.178037 -0.193323 -0.215887 -0.386431 -0.393815
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001139 -0.004996 -0.007063 -0.003342 -0.008205 -0.008205 -0.009207 -0.062653 -0.062653 -0.017134 -0.081296 -0.034235 -0.005904 -0.036909 -0.007924 -0.041122 -0.015400 -0.051373 -0.055614 -0.061923 -0.109886 -0.111897
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026772           -0.286016   -0.018805 -0.126945 -0.025716 -0.142127 -0.052258 -0.177880 -0.193179 -0.215713 -0.386105 -0.393476
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026284         -0.056754 -0.283539 -0.121144 -0.018497 -0.125421 -0.025328 -0.140626 -0.051531 -0.175616 -0.190931 -0.214745 -0.382815 -0.390139
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026781           -0.285987 -0.122113 -0.018821 -0.126956 -0.025740 -0.142146 -0.052241 -0.177830 -0.193137 -0.215695 -0.386042 -0.393417
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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ