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

For C2H4F2 (1,2-difluoroethane)

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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000929 -0.006999 -0.006999 -0.004735 -0.014030 -0.014751 -0.015719 -0.074712 -0.075340 -0.026749 -0.091009 -0.068012 -0.009358 -0.057593 -0.118927 -0.010995 -0.066203 -0.121229 -0.059782 -0.011335 -0.068675
MP3=FULL         -0.013533   -0.015224       -0.093590 -0.070217 -0.008706 -0.058241         -0.062233    
MP4=FULL   -0.006557     -0.013660       -0.077417   -0.094052   -0.008727 -0.058507   -0.010348 -0.067790   -0.062525 -0.010656 -0.070214
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000279 -0.002057 -0.002057 -0.001394 -0.004119 -0.004324 -0.004600 -0.021151 -0.021337 -0.007738 -0.025872 -0.019280 -0.002741 -0.016565   -0.003223 -0.019007   -0.016887 -0.003321 -0.019704
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013586           -0.093975   -0.008669 -0.058436   -0.010282 -0.067718   -0.062441 -0.010617 -0.070520
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013436         -0.026411 -0.093237 -0.070127 -0.008563 -0.057956   -0.010162 -0.067197   -0.062200 -0.010471 -0.069626
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013587           -0.093975 -0.070477 -0.008669 -0.058443 -0.154958 -0.010283 -0.067572 -0.158323 -0.062441 -0.010593 -0.070159
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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ