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

For C2H4OH+ (ethylene oxide, 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000982 -0.005073 -0.005073 -0.003657 -0.011909 -0.012764 -0.013172 -0.055646 -0.056351 -0.022511 -0.066666 -0.051054 -0.007280 -0.044857 -0.086152 -0.008547 -0.052069 -0.088054
MP3=FULL         -0.011629   -0.012909       -0.069061 -0.053138 -0.006854 -0.045956        
MP4=FULL   -0.004818     -0.011659       -0.058390   -0.069461   -0.006807 -0.046044   -0.008046 -0.053828  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000294 -0.001504 -0.001504 -0.001084 -0.003509 -0.003754 -0.003873 -0.015835 -0.016045 -0.006527 -0.019068 -0.014551 -0.002150 -0.012963   -0.002526 -0.015007  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011620           -0.069384   -0.006767 -0.046002   -0.008009 -0.053797  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011498         -0.022427 -0.068787 -0.053030 -0.006682 -0.045651 -0.089141 -0.007920 -0.053434  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.011625           -0.069382 -0.053332 -0.006770 -0.046014   -0.008014 -0.053811  
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ