On the P=W conjecture for $mathrm{SL}_n$

Let $p$ be a prime number. We prove that the $P=W$ conjecture for $mathrm{SL}_p$ is equivalent to the $P=W$ conjecture for $mathrm{GL}_p$. As a consequence, we verify the $P=W$ conjecture for genus 2 and $mathrm{SL}_p$. For the proof, we compute the perverse filtration and the weight filtration for the variant cohomology associated with the $mathrm{SL}_p$-Hitchin moduli space and the $mathrm{SL}_p$-twisted character variety, relying on Grochenig-Wyss-Zieglers recent proof of the topological mirror conjecture by Hausel-Thaddeus. Finally we discuss obstructions of studying the cohomology of the $mathrm{SL}_n$-Hitchin moduli space via compact hyper-Kahler manifolds.