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

For CF3- (Trifluoromethyl 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000347 -0.007136 -0.007136 -0.004392 -0.011136 -0.011135 -0.012544 -0.074659 -0.074659 -0.021136 -0.067590 -0.008243 -0.050695 -0.009763 -0.057409
MP3=FULL         -0.010443   -0.075864       -0.069200 -0.007530 -0.050404    
MP4=FULL   -0.006578     -0.010545       -0.075898     -0.007528 -0.050415 -0.009008 -0.057495
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000102 -0.002079 -0.002079 -0.001279 -0.003238 -0.003238 -0.003641 -0.021002 -0.021002 -0.006075 -0.019036 -0.002383 -0.014512 -0.002831 -0.016394
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010448             -0.007467 -0.050364 -0.008936 -0.117807
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010345         -0.020348 -0.069042 -0.007393 -0.049984 -0.008863 -0.057170
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010452           -0.069339 -0.007468 -0.050383 -0.008940 -0.158773
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ