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

For CH3Br (methyl bromide)

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 -0.000471 -0.004919 -0.011813 -0.011843 -0.031894 -0.032495 -0.033200 -0.412898 -0.413363 -0.090873 -0.463867 -0.082598 -0.010631 -0.061640 -0.109615 -0.013155 -0.069605 -0.112525 -0.013889 -0.073164
MP3=FULL         -0.030020   -0.046539       -0.414394 -0.072578 -0.009438 -0.055741         -0.012379 -0.066535
MP4=FULL   -0.004704     -0.030986       -0.390571   -0.438439   -0.010094 -0.060394   -0.012636 -0.068355   -0.013349 -0.071784
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000144 -0.001479 -0.003599 -0.003485 -0.009730 -0.009902 -0.010111 -0.121087 -0.121225 -0.027846 -0.136096 -0.024388 -0.003252 -0.018384   -0.004016 -0.020644   -0.004236 -0.021664
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.030753           -0.431552   -0.009921 -0.058934   -0.012387 -0.066741   -0.013084 -0.070103
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.030122         -0.084876 -0.427001 -0.075212 -0.009502 -0.057134 -0.102125 -0.011858 -0.064876   -0.012529 -0.068219
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.030732           -0.431384 -0.077066 -0.009910 -0.058846 -0.104420 -0.012365 -0.066644 -0.107178 -0.013061 -0.070004
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