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

For CH3F+ (methyl fluoride cation)

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 -0.000409 -0.003464 -0.003464 -0.002316 -0.006870 -0.007314 -0.007772 -0.037042 -0.037503 -0.012080 -0.045142 -0.033810 -0.004639 -0.028445 -0.059294 -0.005414 -0.032217 -0.060374 -0.005573 -0.033438
MP3=FULL         -0.006664   -0.007554       -0.046467 -0.034944 -0.004343 -0.028819         -0.005280 -0.034165
MP4=FULL   -0.003262     -0.006713       -0.038569   -0.046681   -0.004345 -0.028911   -0.005120 -0.032962   -0.005275 -0.034276
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000127 -0.001016 -0.001016 -0.000681 -0.002022 -0.002142 -0.002274 -0.010484 -0.010621 -0.003502 -0.012833 -0.009584 -0.001358 -0.008181   -0.001587 -0.009255   -0.001632 -0.009598
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006672           -0.046640   -0.004305 -0.028862   -0.005076 -0.032911   -0.005231 -0.034224
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006609         -0.011830 -0.046279 -0.034893 -0.004256 -0.028633 -0.060908 -0.005020 -0.032667 -0.062031 -0.005175 -0.033979
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006674           -0.046638 -0.035061 -0.004307 -0.028868 -0.061403 -0.005078 -0.032918 -0.062535 -0.005233 -0.034232
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