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

For CH4 (Methane)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000456 -0.001592 -0.001592 -0.001268 -0.004490 -0.005230 -0.005270 -0.018275 -0.018809 -0.007336 -0.021856 -0.022154 -0.016964 -0.002852 -0.016328 -0.028719 -0.003095 -0.018536 -0.029209 -0.016328 -0.035378 -0.047629 -0.015400 -0.003119 -0.019062
MP3=FULL   -0.001525 -0.001525 -0.001209 -0.004460 -0.005199 -0.005238 -0.019043 -0.019604 -0.007418     -0.017808 -0.002723 -0.016905   -0.002967 -0.019292           -0.002992 -0.019856
MP4=FULL -0.000412 -0.001529 -0.001529 -0.001208 -0.004474 -0.005209 -0.005248 -0.019125 -0.019695 -0.007456 -0.023017 -0.023357 -0.017913 -0.002705 -0.017038 -0.030350 -0.002951 -0.019458 -0.030877         -0.002976 -0.020024
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000138 -0.000477 -0.000477 -0.000379 -0.001330 -0.001542 -0.001554 -0.005230 -0.005392 -0.002140 -0.006294   -0.004864 -0.000849 -0.004738   -0.000922 -0.005368           -0.000930 -0.005516
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004466   -0.005235             -0.002692 -0.017004 -0.030272 -0.002937 -0.019422 -0.030799         -0.002962 -0.019987
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004470   -0.005236             -0.002691 -0.017003 -0.030262 -0.002935 -0.019420              
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.000401 -0.001498 -0.001498 -0.001181 -0.004425 -0.005144 -0.005183 -0.018993 -0.019550 -0.007363 -0.022762 -0.023093 -0.017797 -0.002657 -0.016857 -0.030002 -0.002899 -0.019259 -0.030523         -0.002924 -0.019824
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.000406 -0.001519 -0.001519 -0.001199 0.549022 -0.005197 -0.005236 -0.019098 -0.019669 -0.007440 -0.022961 -0.023302 -0.017896 -0.002692 -0.017002 -0.030265 -0.002937 -0.019420 -0.030791 -0.017002 -0.037513 -0.049872   -0.002962 -0.019985
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ