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

For H2O2+ (Hydrogen peroxide cation)

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 -0.000185 -0.003598 -0.003598 -0.002028 -0.004773 -0.004978 -0.005383 -0.037120 -0.037304 -0.013823 -0.034088 -0.004209 -0.026032 -0.059641 -0.004658 -0.029537 -0.060551
MP3=FULL         -0.020204   -0.008942                    
MP4=FULL   -0.003356     -0.004388       -0.037919     -0.003835 -0.026028   -0.004274 -0.029728  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004317           -0.034790 -0.003771 -0.025826 -0.060763 -0.004198 -0.029575 -0.061706
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004366           -0.034960 -0.003818 -0.026014 -0.061292 -0.004255 -0.029736 -0.062237
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