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

For C3O2 (Carbon suboxide)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001451 -0.008539 -0.008539 -0.006153 -0.021360 -0.021360 -0.023006 -0.094064 -0.094064 -0.040968 -0.113756 -0.085618 -0.011643 -0.071734 -0.143620 -0.013884 -0.084367 -0.146655 -0.014571 -0.087770
MP3=FULL         -0.020874   -0.022627       -0.117802 -0.088925 -0.010875 -0.073412         -0.013820 -0.090913
MP4=FULL   -0.008184     -0.020944       -0.097409   -0.118644   -0.010856 -0.073316   -0.013095 -0.086846   -0.013771 -0.090504
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000438 -0.002539 -0.002539 -0.001829 -0.006311 -0.006311 -0.006796 -0.026815 -0.026815 -0.011935 -0.032632 -0.024416 -0.003453 -0.020835   -0.004120 -0.024422   -0.004321 -0.025390
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020900           -0.118554   -0.010805 -0.073467   -0.013053 -0.087154   -0.013727 -0.090824
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020710         -0.041120 -0.117431 -0.088840 -0.010680 -0.072976 -0.148511 -0.012913 -0.086751   -0.013576 -0.090401
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.020912           -0.118532 -0.089327 -0.010812 -0.073491 -0.149868 -0.013059 -0.087190 -0.153071 -0.013732 -0.090861
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ