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

For C6H6 (Benzvalene)

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 -0.002811 -0.010312 -0.010312 -0.008436 -0.030093 -0.031118 -0.031648 -0.112834 -0.113836 -0.051325 -0.134000 -0.102703 -0.015377 -0.094524 -0.018324 -0.112667
MP3=FULL         -0.029688   -0.031268         -0.107480 -0.014432 -0.097415    
MP4=FULL   -0.009901     -0.029835       -0.118950       -0.014448   -0.024240  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000851 -0.003092 -0.003092 -0.002523 -0.008899 -0.009192 -0.009350 -0.032331 -0.032633 -0.014960 -0.038596 -0.029454 -0.004595 -0.027479 -0.005469 -0.032620
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.029520           -0.140349   -0.014343   -0.017245  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029396         -0.051374   -0.107367 -0.014130   -0.017003  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.029752             -0.108097 -0.014345      
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