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

For CH2CHSH (Ethenethiol)

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 -0.001508 -0.008491 -0.016256 -0.005804 -0.020281 -0.021199 -0.021952 -0.157393 -0.158041 -0.036288 -0.210453 -0.062664 -0.012174 -0.066962 -0.115508 -0.014068 -0.075806 -0.117857
MP3=FULL         -0.019409   -0.021054       -0.209202 -0.063433 -0.011161 -0.066525        
MP4=FULL   -0.008012     -0.019623       -0.159168   -0.211343   -0.011324 -0.067578   -0.013226 -0.076916  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000470 -0.002587 -0.004932 -0.001762 -0.006086 -0.006350 -0.006577 -0.045301 -0.045494 -0.010804 -0.060881 -0.018244 -0.003691 -0.019783   -0.004260 -0.022304  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019555           -0.210943   -0.011263 -0.067387   -0.013145 -0.076702  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019183         -0.034253 -0.208846 -0.063313     -0.116306 -0.012798 -0.075541  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019557           -0.210915 -0.064094 -0.011260 -0.067369 -0.118091 -0.013137 -0.076680  
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