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

For H2COO (Dioxymethyl radical)

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 -0.000581 -0.005250 -0.005250 -0.003378 -0.009711 -0.010050 -0.010752 -0.055694 -0.056000 -0.020876 -0.067216 -0.051034 -0.006688 -0.040987 -0.087333 -0.007681 -0.046977 -0.088838
MP3=FULL         -0.009250   -0.010282       -0.069041 -0.052632 -0.006186 -0.041267        
MP4=FULL   -0.004937     -0.009275       -0.057445   -0.069409   -0.006150 -0.041380   -0.007134 -0.047741  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000174 -0.001550 -0.001550 -0.000994 -0.002849 -0.002946 -0.003147 -0.015752 -0.015844 -0.006026 -0.019097 -0.014466 -0.001958 -0.011771   -0.002251 -0.013448  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009200           -0.069266   -0.006092 -0.041156   -0.007080 -0.047455  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009225   -0.010255       -0.074837   -0.006110 -0.035668   -0.007098    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009112         -0.020608 -0.068550 -0.052456 -0.006015 -0.040771 -0.089426 -0.006986 -0.047085  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009211           -0.069235 -0.052778 -0.006097 -0.041184 -0.100649 -0.007081 -0.047498 -0.135502
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