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

For SO3-- (Sulfate dianion)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000800 -0.010945 -0.018879 -0.006662 -0.020845 -0.020845 -0.022447 -0.176716 -0.176716 -0.048011 -0.234372 -0.080692 -0.014037 -0.074566 -0.149551 -0.017430 -0.082413 -0.151792 -0.018391 -0.087348
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000258 -0.003279 -0.005673 -0.001991 -0.006190 -0.006190 -0.006668 -0.050550 -0.050550 -0.014154 -0.067427 -0.023150 -0.004170 -0.021836   -0.005184 -0.024078   -0.005552 -0.023680
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019712           -0.235333         -0.016195 -0.082008      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019395         -0.046401 -0.233109 -0.080943 -0.012661 -0.072933 -0.150246 -0.015957 -0.080899 -0.152635    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019740           -0.235332 -0.081744 -0.012917 -0.074061 -0.152247 -0.016236 -0.082065 -0.154445    
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ