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

For C4F2 (difluorobutadiyne)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001710 -0.010443 -0.010443 -0.007646 -0.025848 -0.025848 -0.027733 -0.113020 -0.113020 -0.046795 -0.137121 -0.102648 -0.013901 -0.086467 -0.016539 -0.100514
MP3=FULL         -0.025315   -0.027257       -0.141685 -0.106498 -0.012994 -0.088127    
MP4=FULL   -0.009880     -0.025485       -0.116929   -0.142814   -0.013012 -0.088445 -0.015651 -0.103590
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000517 -0.003098 -0.003098 -0.002269 -0.007639 -0.007639 -0.008191 -0.032184 -0.032184 -0.013653 -0.039256 -0.029245 -0.004123 -0.025086 -0.004903 -0.029071
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.025368           -0.142548   -0.012922 -0.088339 -0.015542 -0.103491
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.025079         -0.046672 -0.141189 -0.106358 -0.012740 -0.087585 -0.015325 -0.102709
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.025378           -0.142524 -0.106998 -0.012925 -0.088352 -0.015545 -0.103504
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ