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

For NCO (isocyanato 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000592 -0.005054 -0.005054 -0.003389 -0.011078 -0.011078 -0.011777 -0.055928 -0.055928 -0.023372 -0.067296 -0.051003 -0.006520 -0.040168 -0.085760 -0.007587 -0.046931 -0.087266
MP3=FULL         -0.010699   -0.019410       -0.069468 -0.052857 -0.006066 -0.040747        
MP4=FULL   -0.004806     -0.010717       -0.057703   -0.069894   -0.006042 -0.040824   -0.007101 -0.048043  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000181 -0.001498 -0.001498 -0.001003 -0.003257 -0.003257 -0.003456 -0.015890 -0.015890 -0.006755 -0.019217 -0.014497 -0.001922 -0.011630   -0.002234 -0.013527  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010648           -0.069744   -0.005994 -0.040710   -0.007036 -0.047897  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010647   -0.011327           -0.005987 -0.040721 -0.091205 -0.007026 -0.047916  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010530         -0.023289 -0.069083 -0.052693 -0.005907 -0.040349 -0.088247 -0.006937 -0.047590 -0.089816
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024934           -0.069740 -0.053009 -0.006000 -0.040734 -0.089120 -0.007043 -0.047935 -0.090697
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