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

For CHCl2CHCl2 (Ethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloro-)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001146 -0.021123 -0.051252 -0.013869 -0.050500 -0.050899 -0.053453 -0.234347 -0.234789 -0.101564 -0.428738 -0.143639 -0.029734   -0.036161 -0.185782 -0.451318
MP3=FULL                     -0.418178            
MP4=FULL   -0.019667     -0.047549       -0.236001   -0.424522   -0.026873 -0.163425 -0.033249 -0.183125 -0.445000
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000351 -0.006410 -0.015411 -0.004199 -0.015098 -0.015212 -0.015978 -0.067480 -0.067607 -0.030072 -0.124268 -0.041940 -0.008983 -0.049330 -0.010895 -0.054684 -0.131440
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.047326           -0.423227   -0.026693 -0.162726 -0.032967   -0.443573
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.046288         -0.092267 -0.418003 -0.140515 -0.025845 -0.159461 -0.031922 -0.178885 -0.438285
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.047309           -0.423118 -0.142620 -0.026673 -0.162646 -0.032924   -0.443494
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z