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

For CH2OH+ (hydroxymethyl 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) 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000498 -0.003429 -0.003429 -0.002309 -0.007166 -0.007615 -0.007933 -0.036918 -0.037333 -0.013862 -0.044459 -0.033901 -0.004675 -0.028719 -0.057902 -0.005366 -0.032741 -0.058923 -0.028719
MP3=FULL         -0.006939   -0.010492       -0.045932 -0.035170 -0.004388 -0.029279          
MP4=FULL   -0.003248     -0.006968       -0.038545   -0.046185   -0.004369 -0.029340   -0.005060 -0.033667    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000149 -0.001014 -0.001014 -0.000682 -0.002110 -0.002239 -0.002331 -0.010479 -0.010604 -0.004019 -0.012688 -0.009638 -0.001375 -0.008294   -0.001580 -0.009433    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006940           -0.046144   -0.004342 -0.029313   -0.005032 -0.033642    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006863         -0.013749 -0.045741 -0.035099 -0.004286 -0.029070 -0.059724 -0.004967 -0.033394 -0.060785  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006942           -0.046138 -0.035291 -0.004343 -0.029318 -0.060259 -0.005033 -0.033648 -0.061337  
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