Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein to optimize platform simulation resource consumption. An example apparatus comprises a simulation manager to initiate a simulation on a platform simulator with component models corresponding to hardware components of the platform, a utilization threshold monitor to identify a utilization value associated with a first one of the component models based on a demand caused by a software application under test, and a component monitor manager to attach or detach the first one of the component models to the platform simulator based on a comparison of the utilization value to a threshold utilization value.