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

For C2H4- (Ethylene anion)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000752 -0.003147 -0.003147 -0.002493 -0.008989 -0.009649 -0.009925   -0.037184 -0.013465 -0.033638 -0.004769 -0.029728 -0.055428 -0.005488 -0.034784 -0.056483
MP3=FULL         -0.008912   -0.009830       -0.035300 -0.004501 -0.030639        
MP4=FULL   -0.003028     -0.008939       -0.038907     -0.004468 -0.030815   -0.005084 -0.075404  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000227 -0.000944 -0.000944 -0.000746 -0.002661 -0.002848 -0.002929 -0.010488 -0.010654 -0.003934 -0.009641 -0.001421 -0.008629   -0.001641 -0.010273  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008919             -0.004444 -0.030734   -0.575919 0.008984  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008923   -0.009802         -0.004439 -0.030733   -0.564881 -0.036014  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008829           -0.035258 -0.004387 -0.030479   0.032738 0.006324  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008922           -0.035472 -0.004445 -0.030737   -0.005187 -0.036998  
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ