Soulpatch60

Hi all I have a active fender Jazz bass Delux series my amplifier is a Hartke 200 watts and the box is also a Hartke 300 watts Im fairly new to playing bass but I was told that active is louder than the passive but when I plug into passive its much louder then the active I have played around with the switches but still passive is louder can someone please shed some light on this. thank you.