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

For CHCl2CCH (3,3-dichloropropyne)

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 -0.001386 -0.013845 -0.028881 -0.009570 -0.035005 -0.035394 -0.036971 -0.154257 -0.154690 -0.064907 -0.258157 -0.105722 -0.019636 -0.112886 -0.209225 -0.023457 -0.127175 -0.213930
MP3=FULL         -0.033027   -0.034947       -0.254859 -0.105920 -0.017562 -0.110470        
MP4=FULL   -0.012987     -0.033498       -0.157067   -0.258473   -0.017938 -0.112383   -0.021743 -0.127419  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000421 -0.004193 -0.008685 -0.002889 -0.010454 -0.010566 -0.011034 -0.044381 -0.044512 -0.019210 -0.074796 -0.030703 -0.005927 -0.033299   -0.007065 -0.037342  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.033365           -0.257732   -0.017824 -0.112018   -0.021576 -0.127013  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.032727         -0.060258 -0.254587 -0.105775 -0.017328 -0.110108 -0.207916 -0.020974 -0.125016  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.033361           -0.257664   -0.017816 -0.111981   -0.021557 -0.173591  
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