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

For CF2 (Difluoromethylene)

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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000360 -0.005288 -0.005288 -0.003336 -0.008902 -0.008902 -0.009829 -0.055646 -0.055646 -0.015931 -0.067705 -0.050423 -0.006144 -0.037709 -0.088646 -0.007300 -0.043021 -0.090032 -0.109346 -0.156426 -0.156611 -0.043573 -0.007614 -0.046169
MP3=FULL         -0.008429   -0.009354       -0.069306 -0.051764 -0.005630 -0.037590           -0.160587 -0.160784 -0.045205 -0.007099 -0.046717
MP4=FULL   -0.004876     -0.008482       -0.056706   -0.069434   -0.005612     -0.006747 -0.043194     -0.161256 -0.161391 -0.045360 -0.007049 -0.046596
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000107 -0.001581 -0.001547 -0.000975 -0.002602 -0.002602 -0.002868 -0.015683 -0.015683 -0.004597 -0.019153 -0.014229 -0.001783 -0.010821   -0.002125 -0.012317     -0.043942 -0.043998 -0.012246 -0.002215 -0.013203
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008397           -0.069373   -0.005553 -0.037516   -0.006682 -0.043170     -0.161106 -0.161254 -0.045266 -0.006985 -0.046566
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008397   -0.009312       -0.069405   -0.005549 -0.037554   -0.006682 -0.039984           -0.006986  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008302         -0.015312 -0.068848 -0.051602 -0.005489 -0.037201 -0.090310 -0.006611 -0.042891 -0.091736   -0.160069 -0.160213 -0.045115 -0.006913 -0.046273
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008402           -0.069378 -0.051851 -0.005555 -0.037533 -0.091051 -0.006686 -0.043196 -0.092479 -0.113674 -0.161102 -0.161256 -0.045269 -0.006990 -0.046591
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ