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

For CF2ClCF2Cl (1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001050 -0.019731 -0.034779 -0.012679 -0.040426 -0.040425 -0.043886 -0.211855 -0.211855 -0.083571 -0.025771 -0.150032
MP3=FULL         -0.037628   -0.082126          
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038039           -0.023333 -0.081061
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ