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

For CH2CHNH (vinylazine)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000951 -0.004927 -0.004927 -0.003662 -0.012667 -0.013354 -0.013689 -0.055606 -0.056160 -0.022883 -0.050951 -0.007190 -0.044763 -0.008182 -0.052131
MP3=FULL         -0.012406   -0.013433       -0.053206 -0.006765 -0.045906    
MP4=FULL   -0.004730     -0.012428       -0.058429     -0.006735 -0.046125 -0.007714 -0.054037
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000294 -0.001472 -0.001472 -0.001093 -0.003728 -0.003924 -0.004022 -0.015861 -0.016027 -0.006615 -0.014548 -0.002128 -0.012927 -0.002418 -0.014992
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012346             -0.006669 -0.045799 -0.007632 -0.053694
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.012331   -0.013359         -0.006651 -0.045467 -0.006768  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012190           -0.053043 -0.006559 -0.045390 -0.007510 -0.053252
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012351           -0.053386 -0.006670 -0.021511 -0.007634 -0.053705
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