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

For NH2OH2+ (protonated hydroxylamine)

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 -0.000315 -0.003632 -0.003632 -0.002241 -0.005704 -0.006290 -0.006584 -0.037393 -0.037877 -0.015649 -0.045159 -0.034489 -0.004696 -0.028105 -0.060097 -0.005286 -0.032488 -0.061053 -0.005421 -0.033560
MP3=FULL         -0.005306   -0.006192       -0.046298 -0.035467 -0.004332 -0.028255         -0.005038 -0.034076
MP4=FULL   -0.003359     -0.005251       -0.038663   -0.046423   -0.003406 -0.028220   -0.004857 -0.032892   -0.004988 -0.034011
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000091 -0.001065 -0.001065 -0.000654 -0.001658 -0.001826 -0.001912 -0.010552 -0.010695 -0.004482 -0.012795 -0.009752 -0.001365 -0.008064   -0.001538 -0.009296   -0.001577 -0.009592
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005221           -0.046337   -0.004230 -0.028152   -0.004828 -0.032825   -0.004958 -0.033942
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005213         -0.015555 -0.045999 -0.035330 -0.004212 -0.027964 -0.061463 -0.004774 -0.032637 -0.062427 -0.004904 -0.033759
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005221           -0.046337 -0.035500 -0.004231 -0.028159 -0.061964 -0.004829 -0.032834 -0.062950 -0.004959 -0.033951
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