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

For C2H2ClF (1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000938 -0.009545 -0.017043 -0.006444 -0.022201 -0.022558 -0.023720 -0.105241 -0.105519 -0.041354 -0.163496 -0.078308 -0.013200 -0.077120 -0.015558 -0.086963
MP3=FULL         -0.020972   -0.022463       -0.162703 -0.079090 -0.011910 -0.075953    
MP4=FULL   -0.008923     -0.021250       -0.107290   -0.164596   -0.012095 -0.076961 -0.014435 -0.087345
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000284 -0.002863 -0.005104 -0.001930 -0.006601 -0.006703 -0.007045 -0.030120 -0.030204 -0.012179 -0.047152 -0.022538 -0.003947 -0.022581 -0.004649 -0.025369
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.021158           -0.164230   -0.012025 -0.076765 -0.014338 -0.087134
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020789         -0.038750 -0.162399 -0.078977 -0.011740 -0.075655 -0.014001 -0.085989
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021158           -0.164199 -0.079754 -0.012021 -0.076753 -0.014330  
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