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

For HOCO+ (Hydrocarboxyl cation)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000592 -0.005265 -0.005265 -0.003418 -0.010614 -0.010742 -0.011455 -0.056207 -0.056306 -0.024046 -0.006763 -0.041270 -0.048246
MP3=FULL         -0.010221   -0.015260            
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ