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

For CH3OH- (Methyl alcohol anion)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000408 -0.003391 -0.003391 -0.002306 -0.007146 -0.007598 -0.008108 -0.037075 -0.037603 -0.014441 -0.034087 -0.004743 -0.029119 -0.058467 -0.005610 -0.033654 -0.059650
MP3=FULL         -0.006893   -0.007863       -0.035322 -0.004435 -0.029641        
MP4=FULL   -0.003209     -0.006942       -0.038782     -0.004410 -0.029745   -0.005266 -0.034628  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000124 -0.001001 -0.001001 -0.000680 -0.002100 -0.002229 -0.002375 -0.010524 -0.010678 -0.004174 -0.009687 -0.001392 -0.008404   -0.001651 -0.009689  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006909             -0.004382 -0.029689   -0.005234 -0.034572  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006907   -0.007799         -0.004381 -0.034735   -0.005228 -0.034945  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006830           -0.035247 -0.004329 -0.029450 -0.060385 -0.005172 -0.034313  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006912           -0.035437 -0.004383 -0.029694 -0.060762 -0.005235 -0.034578  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ