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

For CBr2ClF (dibromochlorofluoromethane)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000552 -0.014698 -0.036299 -0.026868 -0.073350 -0.073350 -0.076425 -0.876147 -0.876147 -0.204740 -1.026966 -0.193214 -0.026790 -0.153397 -0.033598 -0.171082 -0.035708 -0.180080
MP3=FULL         -0.068401   -0.071375       -0.924041 -0.171332 -0.023474 -0.138549     -0.031608 -0.163889
MP4=FULL   -0.013804     -0.070684       -0.829777       -0.025004 -0.148626 -0.031797   -0.033856  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000170 -0.004427 -0.010988 -0.007927 -0.022323 -0.022323 -0.023225 -0.256590 -0.256590 -0.062470 -0.300826 -0.056881 -0.008158 -0.045640 -0.010200 -0.050659 -0.010835 -0.053233
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.070116           -0.959529   -0.024618   -0.031243      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.068592         -0.189917   -0.176463 -0.023593 -0.141219 -0.029958   -0.031910 -0.167085
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.070069           -0.959192 -0.180660 -0.024595 -0.145345 -0.031194   -0.033214  
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ