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

For HCCN (cyanomethylene)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000810 -0.004733 -0.004733 -0.003521 -0.013161 -0.013333 -0.013746   -0.055856 -0.023696 -0.050794 -0.006716 -0.042971 -0.084113 -0.007867 -0.050128 -0.085766
MP3=FULL         -0.012925   -0.013514       -0.053067 -0.006318 -0.043988        
MP4=FULL   -0.004577     -0.012936       -0.058158     -0.006304 -0.044179   -0.007435 -0.051804  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000257 -0.001426 -0.001426 -0.001061 -0.003865 -0.003915 -0.004031 -0.015889 -0.015953 -0.006773 -0.014502 -0.001995 -0.012403   -0.002329 -0.014384  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012792             -0.006227 -0.043737   -0.007335 -0.051218  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.012564   -0.013132         -0.006105 -0.043422   -0.007154 -0.050940  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012624           -0.052854 -0.006106 -0.043295   -0.007198 -0.050785  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012802           -0.053219 -0.006230 -0.043756   -0.007338 -0.051245  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ