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

For GeH2 (germylene)

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 -0.001074 -0.003436 -0.009874 -0.012530 -0.029679 -0.030865 -0.031468 -0.394085 -0.395493 -0.092501 -0.442296 -0.139130 -0.009224 -0.061066 -0.081676 -0.011368 -0.067620 -0.087849
MP3=FULL         -0.028677   -0.044818       -0.380802 -0.110696 -0.008101 -0.050315        
MP4=FULL   -0.003331     -0.030546       -0.379678   -0.422844   -0.009162 -0.060231   -0.011295 -0.066395  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000505 -0.001066 -0.003141 -0.003941 -0.010009 -0.010381 -0.010562 -0.119401 -0.119837 -0.030422 -0.133971 -0.041909 -0.003009 -0.018760   -0.003667 -0.020647  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.030310           -0.408362   -0.008897 -0.056258   -0.010939 -0.062069  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.030033   -0.031782       -0.405102   -0.008684 -0.054446   -0.010662 -0.060202  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029107         -0.086974 -0.401262 -0.120309 -0.008347 -0.053671 -0.070522 -0.010275 -0.059455 -0.075609
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.030264           -0.407922 -0.122596 -0.008875 -0.056045   -0.010906 -0.061851  
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