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

For CH3CH2NH3+ (ethylamine, protonated)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001193 -0.005096 -0.005096 -0.003841 -0.012802 -0.014220 -0.014428 -0.055860 -0.056995 -0.026735 -0.051540 -0.008010 -0.047682 -0.009073 -0.055739
MP3=FULL         -0.012544   -0.014176       -0.053787 -0.007560 -0.048977    
MP4=FULL   -0.004867     -0.012584       -0.059294     -0.007524 -0.049279 -0.008581 -0.058042
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000359 -0.001517 -0.001517 -0.001141 -0.003774 -0.004181 -0.004242 -0.015938 -0.016275 -0.007733 -0.014731 -0.002372 -0.013793 -0.002688 -0.016079
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012555             -0.007487 -0.049186 -0.008540 -0.057941
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012421         -0.026991 -0.053712 -0.007386 -0.048765 -0.008428 -0.057467
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012558           -0.054029 -0.007487 -0.049187 -0.008540 -0.034543
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ