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

For CH3PHCH3 (dimethylphosphine)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002725 -0.009320 -0.016721 -0.006475 -0.020884 -0.022361 -0.023023 -0.160967 -0.162012 -0.038874 -0.064673 -0.013128 -0.076706 -0.015750 -0.087900
MP3=FULL         -0.020252   -0.022368       -0.065813 -0.012276 -0.076868    
MP4=FULL   -0.008888     -0.020485       -0.163682     -0.012426   -0.015063 -0.089437
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000862 -0.002865 -0.005129 -0.001983 -0.006306 -0.006731 -0.006932 -0.046634 -0.046949 -0.011608 -0.018922 -0.004000 -0.022715 -0.004792 -0.025910
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020407             -0.012353 -0.077961 -0.014975  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020031         -0.037556 -0.065715 -0.012048 -0.076684 -0.014613  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.020410           -0.066538 -0.012351 -0.077942 -0.014970  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ