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

For CH2- (methylene 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000207 -0.001438 -0.001438 -0.001118 -0.004024 -0.004285 -0.004425 -0.017811 -0.018051 -0.005040 -0.020426 -0.016396 -0.001995 -0.012835 -0.026498 -0.002226 -0.015580 -0.026917 -0.012835 -0.002255 -0.015943
MP3=FULL         -0.004006   -0.004400       -0.021308 -0.017258 -0.001877 -0.013166           -0.002136 -0.016532
MP4=FULL   -0.001391     -0.003999       -0.018884   -0.021475   -0.001839 -0.013213   -0.002072 -0.016209     -0.002102 -0.016603
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000061 -0.000430 -0.000430 -0.000333 -0.001189 -0.001261 -0.001304 -0.005087 -0.005162 -0.001467 -0.005865 -0.004691 -0.000590 -0.003723   -0.000662 -0.004509     -0.000671 -0.004614
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.003984           -0.021408   -0.001822 -0.013157   -0.002053 -0.016151     -0.002082 -0.016547
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.003987   -0.004376       -0.021408   -0.001821 -0.013154 -0.027861 -0.002050 -0.016152 -0.028310   -0.002080 -0.016550
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.003945         -0.004935 -0.021197 -0.017208 -0.001800 -0.013043 -0.027606 -0.002020 -0.016011 -0.028030   -0.002048 -0.016404
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.003986           -0.021408 -0.017308 -0.001823 -0.013158 -0.027865 -0.002053 -0.016163 -0.028310   -0.002082 -0.016549
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-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ