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

For CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

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 -0.001009 -0.006994 -0.006994 -0.004768 -0.014386 -0.015236 -0.016030 -0.074716 -0.075446 -0.029012 -0.090534 -0.068242 -0.009539 -0.058250 -0.011162 -0.067359    
MP4=FULL   -0.006576     -0.013980       -0.077655   -0.093730   -0.008882 -0.059311 -0.010488 -0.069130    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000302 -0.002060 -0.002060 -0.001405 -0.004225 -0.004467 -0.004695 -0.021179 -0.021396 -0.008387 -0.025777 -0.019372 -0.002798 -0.016777 -0.003278 -0.019357 -0.003370 -0.020044
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013915           -0.093630   -0.008826 -0.059228 -0.010425 -0.069048    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013760         -0.028794 -0.092866 -0.070454 -0.008716 -0.058732 -0.010299      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013918           -0.093629 -0.070822 -0.008826 -0.059236 -0.010425      
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