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

For C4H2 (Diacetylene)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001629 -0.006602 -0.006602 -0.005311 -0.019750 -0.020103 -0.020567 -0.074360 -0.074858 -0.028899 -0.067988 -0.009593 -0.060017 -0.011042 -0.070923 -0.060017
MP3=FULL         -0.019628   -0.029354       -0.071316 -0.009086 -0.062160      
MP4=FULL   -0.006379     -0.019686       -0.078430     -0.009062 -0.062412 -0.010519 -0.074227  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000493 -0.001992 -0.001992 -0.001604 -0.005877 -0.005981 -0.006124 -0.021341 -0.021492 -0.008541 -0.019516 -0.002887 -0.017551 -0.003319 -0.020648  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019637             -0.009010 -0.062339 -0.010457 -0.074137  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL                           -0.010436    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019392         -0.028798 -0.071226 -0.008859 -0.061776 -0.010285 -0.073509  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019646           -0.071730 -0.009013 -0.062343 -0.010459 -0.074137  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z