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

For HCO+ (Formyl 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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000464 -0.003347 -0.003347 -0.002267 -0.007328 -0.007484 -0.007840 -0.036825 -0.037054 -0.014075 -0.044202 -0.033743 -0.004341 -0.027158 -0.056894 -0.005129 -0.031720 -0.057965 -0.005349 -0.033385
MP3=FULL         -0.007139   -0.009682                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000140 -0.000992 -0.000992 -0.000672 -0.002169 -0.002213 -0.002318 -0.010468 -0.010539 -0.004112 -0.012646 -0.009605 -0.001284 -0.007888   -0.001521 -0.009190   -0.001585 -0.009664
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007143           -0.046030   -0.004026 -0.027800   -0.004822 -0.032746   -0.005039 -0.034566
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007065         -0.014129 -0.045575 -0.034979 -0.003971 -0.027544 -0.058778 -0.004763 -0.032516 -0.059900 -0.004974 -0.034333
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.590490           -0.046018 -0.035180 -0.004029 -0.027806 -0.059370 -0.004825 -0.032757 -0.060501 -0.005041 -0.034577
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ