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

For C3H7+ (cyclopropane, 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001344 -0.004845 -0.004845 -0.003907 -0.013966 -0.015243 -0.015412 -0.055353 -0.056338 -0.024223 -0.050975 -0.007732 -0.047485 -0.084686 -0.008970 -0.056034 -0.086786
MP3=FULL         -0.013821   -0.015276       -0.053431 -0.007314 -0.048968        
MP4=FULL   -0.004652     -0.013866       -0.058894     -0.007287 -0.049281   -0.008518 -0.058619  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000407 -0.001451 -0.001451 -0.001167 -0.004125 -0.004492 -0.004543 -0.015833 -0.016125 -0.007018 -0.014611 -0.002301 -0.013749   -0.002670 -0.016183  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013831             -0.007245 -0.049182   -0.008473 -0.058515  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL                             -0.008352 -0.058041  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013834           -0.053698 -0.007245 -0.049182 -0.089077 -0.008473 -0.058511  
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