  The computing continuum extends the high-performance cloud data centers with
energy-efficient and low-latency devices close to the data sources located at
the edge of the network. However, the heterogeneity of the computing continuum
raises multiple challenges related to application management. These include
where to offload an application - from the cloud to the edge - to meet its
computation and communication requirements. To support these decisions, we
provide in this article a detailed performance and carbon footprint analysis of
a selection of use case applications with complementary resource requirements
across the computing continuum over a real-life evaluation testbed.
