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

For CH3CHS (Thioacetaldehyde)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001408 -0.008456 -0.016292 -0.005773 -0.020295 -0.021033 -0.021764 -0.157437 -0.158024 -0.037349 -0.210606 -0.062395 -0.011938 -0.066225 -0.013801 -0.075107 -0.131760 -0.014462 -0.077644
MP3=FULL         -0.019357   -0.026032       -0.209099 -0.063102 -0.010895 -0.065699     -0.130399 -0.013339 -0.077588
MP4=FULL   -0.008024     -0.019650       -0.159174   -0.211338   -0.011099 -0.066842 -0.012968 -0.076218 -0.132153 -0.013626 -0.078855
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000439 -0.002575 -0.004939 -0.001752 -0.006086 -0.006298 -0.006518 -0.045309 -0.045486 -0.011106 -0.060912 -0.018165 -0.003620 -0.019566 -0.004180 -0.022101 -0.038602 -0.004378 -0.022826
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019526           -0.210891   -0.010998 -0.066591 -0.012845 -0.075939 -0.131793 -0.013500 -0.078570
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019147         -0.035302 -0.208714 -0.062992 -0.010703 -0.065459 -0.012506 -0.074749 -0.130075 -0.013144 -0.077370
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019523           -0.210850 -0.063785 -0.010993 -0.066564 -0.012835 -0.075909 -0.131758   -0.078538
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ