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

For N2+ (diatomic nitrogen 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000408 -0.003428 -0.003428 -0.002224 -0.006048 -0.006048 -0.006504 -0.036650 -0.036650 -0.014964 -0.033503 -0.004036 -0.024657 -0.056049 -0.004445 -0.028790 -0.056782 -0.024657 -0.071260 -0.098382
MP3=FULL         -0.005750   -0.009415       -0.034700 -0.003738 -0.025230              
MP4=FULL   -0.003254     -0.005743       -0.037757     -0.003686 -0.025057   -0.004093 -0.029446        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000124 -0.001018 -0.001018 -0.000658 -0.001798 -0.001798 -0.001930 -0.010417 -0.010417 -0.004365 -0.009532 -0.001201 -0.007224   -0.001323 -0.008406        
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005742             -0.003672 -0.025201   -0.004081 -0.029668        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005627           -0.034530 -0.003592 -0.024826 -0.057701 -0.003991 -0.029308 -0.058469      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005748           -0.034839 -0.003676 -0.025203 -0.058525 -0.004084 -0.029674 -0.059298      
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ