In those days, the US Navy was a third-rate power (at best), and could afford neither to build nor to operate Ships of the Line. She was a Frigate, albeit a bit on the heavy side, but much less powerful than the big ships of (eg) the Royal Navy.
USS Constitution:
HMS Victory:
HMS Victory would have blown USS Constitution out of the water, had her captain been foolish enough to stick around and try to slug it out. Constitution could, of course, more than hold her own against similarly sized British ships.