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

For CHF2CH2F (Ethane, 1,1,2-trifluoro)

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 -0.000933 -0.008897 -0.008897 -0.005837 -0.016642 -0.017182 -0.018598 -0.093728 -0.094223 -0.032479 -0.114789 -0.085074 -0.011398 -0.070359 -0.013622 -0.080715 -0.014096 -0.084247
MP3=FULL         -0.015874   -0.017833       -0.117711 -0.087534 -0.010564 -0.070801        
MP4=FULL   -0.008300     -0.016046       -0.096448   -0.118200   -0.010587 -0.071045 -0.012781 -0.082200 -0.013259  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000279 -0.002606 -0.002606 -0.001712 -0.004872 -0.005025 -0.005428 -0.026475 -0.026621 -0.009375 -0.032554 -0.024062 -0.003324 -0.020199 -0.003978 -0.023125 -0.004114 -0.024119
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016010               -0.010522 -0.070995 -0.012696 -0.082126 -0.013176  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015834         -0.031940 -0.117224 -0.087428 -0.010399 -0.070429 -0.012554 -0.081525 -0.013032  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016013           -0.118117 -0.087847 -0.010523 -0.071011 -0.012697 -0.082142 -0.013178  
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