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

For NH2CH2OH (aminomethanol)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000746 -0.005272 -0.005272 -0.003554 -0.010648 -0.011510 -0.011962 -0.056084 -0.056817 -0.024243 -0.067627 -0.051555 -0.007366 -0.044016 -0.008516 -0.051045
MP3=FULL         -0.010211   -0.011529       -0.069694 -0.053360 -0.006863 -0.044682    
MP4=FULL   -0.004975     -0.010248       -0.058525   -0.070102   -0.006826 -0.044850 -0.007963  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000222 -0.001556 -0.001556 -0.001048 -0.003125 -0.003371 -0.003503 -0.015911 -0.016129 -0.006996 -0.019282 -0.014650 -0.002163 -0.012699 -0.002503 -0.014683
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.069987   -0.006789   -0.007919 -0.053770
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010100         -0.024227 -0.069404 -0.053239 -0.006708 -0.044402 -0.007825 -0.051958
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010215           -0.069986 -0.053526 -0.006790 -0.044775 -0.007921  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ