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

For CBr (Carbon monobromide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000270 -0.004776 -0.011620 -0.011602 -0.031219 -0.031219 -0.032082 -0.412348 -0.412348 -0.088217 -0.462049 -0.081508 -0.009570 -0.055883 -0.106139 -0.011715 -0.060911 -0.108317
MP3=FULL         -0.029240   -0.030084       -0.412208 -0.071465 -0.008369 -0.049512        
MP4=FULL   -0.004568     -0.030334       -0.389494   -0.436431   -0.009076 -0.054220   -0.011232 -0.059176  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000085 -0.001445 -0.003545 -0.003418 -0.009536 -0.009536 -0.009789 -0.120922 -0.120922 -0.027095 -0.135547 -0.024077 -0.002941 -0.016720   -0.003592 -0.018165  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.029975           -0.429257   -0.008844 -0.052637   -0.010932 -0.057468  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL                               -0.010729    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029309         -0.081679 -0.424571 -0.074021 -0.008410 -0.050779 -0.098259 -0.010391 -0.055555 -0.100310
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.029953           -0.429102 -0.075927 -0.008828 -0.052535 -0.100631 -0.010904   -0.102697
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