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

For CH2ClCCCl (1,3-dichloropropyne)

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 -0.001442 -0.013964 -0.029052 -0.009729 -0.035371 -0.035754 -0.037306 -0.154654 -0.154998 -0.065838 -0.258910 -0.106048 -0.019967 -0.113180 -0.209839 -0.023684 -0.127546 -0.214304
MP3=FULL         -0.033433   -0.035304       -0.255735 -0.106287 -0.017906 -0.110781        
MP4=FULL   -0.013108     -0.033865       -0.157365   -0.259239   -0.018259 -0.112647   -0.021952    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000440 -0.004230 -0.008740 -0.002942 -0.010570 -0.010679 -0.011137 -0.044509 -0.044609 -0.019500 -0.075025 -0.030806 -0.006029 -0.033391   -0.007135 -0.037471  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.033740           -0.258533   -0.018150 -0.112226   -0.021796    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.033114         -0.061188 -0.255393 -0.106131 -0.017656 -0.110388   -0.021195 -0.125351  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.033738           -0.258467 -0.107416 -0.018142 -0.112264   -0.021777 -0.127327  
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